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The Spaniih captain waited upon the 

 governor of the fort, and informed him 

 that he had four Englifh prifoners on 

 board. We were ordered afliore in the 

 afternoon, and were received as we got 

 upon the beach, by a file of foldiers, with 

 their bayonets fixed, who furrounded us, 

 and then marched up to the fort, attended 

 by a numerous mob. We were carried 

 before the governor, whofe houfe was 

 full of officers. He was blind, aiked a 

 few queftions, and then fpoke of nothing 

 but the ftrength of the garrifon he com- 

 manded, and defired to know if we had 

 obferved that all the lower battery was 

 brafs guns. We were immediately af- 

 ter, by his order, put into the con- 

 demned hole. There was nothing but 

 four bare walls, excepting a heap of lime 

 that filled one third of it, and made the 

 place fwarai with fleas in fuch a manner 

 that we were prefently covered with 

 them. Some of admiral Pizarro's fol- 

 diers 



