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who spoke Spanish, to come on to the 

 Mackenye and meet me in the Grand 

 River. In the meantime, the Custom 

 House was making arrangements to take 

 possession of my vessel. All my arrange- 

 ments were made in an hour. A ship lying 

 close by me, which had twenty-five men 

 before the mast, was consigned to Mr. 

 Burley, from whom I took a letter to the 

 mate. He came on board with all his crew. 

 We had all our yards up and sailed imme- 

 diately, a quick breeze and fair, for the 

 Straits of Boca. On looking toward the 

 harbor we discovered the Deputy Collector 

 and a Launch of soldiers in pursuit, but 

 with a good wind and clear course, we got 

 off and after beating one day off Trinidad 

 we fetched under the lee of Grenada. 

 From there I fetched Causland Bay on 

 Tobego. On standing in, two English ships 

 in the harbor got out springs and presented 

 their broadsides. The Fort was well 

 manned. On coming within gunshot I 

 tacked and set Spanish colors and stood off. 



