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buccan«er», rx.u'^cJ and received a Hiare of «h«Hr booty ; aiul 

 thut th'm Circumilaiicc iniliiccd him to maiiikft pttuliar fa. 

 » )ur to Morgan, to recfive him gracioufly on liH vilit to 

 Eiig!»nd, a^iJ to confer upon hiir the honour of knij^lit- 

 hooJ. Several ether exptiliilons were fornicJ by the 1 «:- 

 caiieeri uF the i;th centiirv, agamll the Spaiiiili fctlknuiu-. 

 Van Horn, a nr.t'ivc of Olleud, wlio ferved ahnoil thioiigh 

 hfe amo-.i.' the l-'rench, was very active in his depredations. 

 Affociiitin^r, on one occaDoii, with 1 200 other perfims of 

 the fitne dcfcriptiun, and mannins; a fleet of fix vefTels lie 

 lailcd to Vera Cmz, and, favonivd by the darknefs of the 

 nijfht, reiichtfd the place and landed wuhout difeoveiy. He 

 and his companions msde thcinftlvcs mallcis of it without 

 relillaiice ; and havinj^ confined all the citizens in the 

 churches, whither tlicy had fled for {lielter, they i)laced at 

 the door of each church barrels of gtiii-powder, and a buc- 

 caneer with a li^rhted match to fcl fire to them, upon the 

 icall appearance' of an infurreAion. I'liey then proceeded 

 to pilla-rc the citv ; and having carried off whatever they 

 could find of valae, they made a propofal to the priloners, 

 to ranfom their lives and liberty by a contiibution of 

 4?7,Jo<J. Half this money was paid them ; but whilll they 

 were expecting the other moiety from the interior parts of the 

 countrv, they were alarmed by the fight of an European 

 fleet <*f i; iTiips, and reduced to the necelTity of making a 

 retreat, which they accomplilhed, by boldly failing through 

 the SpanilTi fleet, carrying with them Ijooflaves. Other 

 expeditions were concerted againft Peru ; and if the intrepi- 

 dity of thcle numerous marauders had been diredted by a 

 fkilful and refpeAable commander, they would have dif- 

 poffefTed the Spaniards of this important colony. But their 

 charafter prevented their union in a large and compaft body, 

 and their fteady profeeution of the fame objedl. However, 

 they fucceflivcly attacked the mod confiderable places on 

 the coaft of the South Sea, enriched themfelves by plunder, 

 and committed a great number of enormities. Others of the 

 buccaneers afTociated with Gramont, a native of Paris, who 

 had diftinguifhtd himfelf in a military capacity in Europe, 

 and emba'rked with him, in i68_3, to attack Campeachy. 

 Having landed without oppofition, after fome refiftai.ce on 

 the part of the Spaniards, they made themfelves mafters of the 

 city ; and after carrying off the treafures which they had 

 colkfted in the town and its environs, and dtpofiting them 

 in their (hips, they propofed to the governor of the province 

 to ranfom his capital. Upon his refufal they determined to 

 burn the place, and to demolifli the citadel. Accordingly 

 they deftroyed to the value of a million of logwood, which 

 was a very contiderable part of their fpoil, and after this acl 

 of folly and frenzy, they returned to St. Domingo. At a 

 fubfequrnt period, viz. in lOq;, 1200 buccaneers joined a 

 fqaadron of feven (hips, that failed from Europe, under the 

 command of Pointis, to attack the famous city of Cartha- 

 gena. In this enterprize they fucceeded, took the city, and 

 acquired booty to the amount of 1,7-0,0001. After they 

 hati fet fail, their rapacious tommandcr attempted to de- 

 prive them of their fpoil; upon which they refolved to maf- 

 facre him ; but being diverted from their purpofe by one of 

 their number, who propofed returning to the city, where 

 their (hare of the plunder had been left by Pointis, they im- 

 mediately failed towards Carthagena. Having entered tlie 

 city without refillance, they confined all the men in the 

 great church, and demanded payment of 218,750!. which 

 they alleged to be their (hare of the booty, of which they 

 nad been defrauded, accompanying their demand with threats 

 0/ vengeance if it was reiilied. A venerable priell afccndcd 

 the pulpit, and by his eloquent addrcfs perfuaded his hearers 

 to fufreuder all the goldj lilver, and jewels tn their polTeflloD, 



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But the fum raifcJ falling (hort of that tWIiich was Aemaded, 

 an Older was ilfued for' plundering the city. The adven- 

 turers, having amaffed as much treafure as they could find, 

 fet fail i but unfortunately they met with a fieet ot (hips be- 

 longing to Holland and England, both wluch nations were 

 thf.i ill alliance with Spain, (o that fcvcral of the pirates were 

 taken cr funk, with nil the cargo which they had on hoard their 

 lliips ; and the rcl\ efcaped to St. Domingo. This was the 

 la(( memorable event in the hiftory of the buccaneers. The 

 total fcparation of the Englifii and French buccaneers, in 

 confequcnce of the war between the tivo natiiuis, which fol- 

 lowed the revolution in i^SS, very much weakened the force 

 of thefe powerful plunderers : and the king of Spain alfu 

 being then in alliance with England, repreffed the pira- 

 cies of his fubjcfts in the Well Indies. However the 

 Ertnch buccaneers continued their depredations, and with 

 no fmall fuccefs, till the peace of Ryiwick, in 1697 ; when 

 all differences between France and Spain having been adjuli- 

 ed, hoflililies were every where fufpended ; and not only 

 the affociation, but the very name of this extraordinary clals 

 of men, became txtiuft. They were loft among the other 

 European inhabitants of the Weft Indies. 



Before this period, however, the French colony in Hlf- 

 paniola had arrived at a confiderable degree of profperityj 

 and Jamaica, into which the fpoils of Mexico and Peru were 

 more abundantly poured, was already in a fiouriftiing condi- 

 tion. The buccaneers found at Port Royal better recep- 

 tion and greater fecurity than any where elfe. They could 

 there land their booty with the utnioft facility, and fpendj 

 in a variety of plealures, the wealth produced by their pi- 

 racy ;_and as prodigality and debauchery foon reduced 

 them again to indigence, that grand incitement to their 

 fanguinary indullry induced them eagerly to concert fre(h 

 depredations. Thus the fettlemcnt derived benefit from 

 their perpetual vicilTitudes of fortune, and was enriched by 

 their rapacity as well as by their profufion ; by the views 

 which led to their want, and alfo by their abundance. The 

 wealth, which flowed into Jamaica through this channel, 

 gave great aftivity to every branch of culture; and after the 

 piracies of the buccaneers were lupprcfled, it proved a new 

 fource of riches, by enabling the inhabitants to open a clan- 

 deftine trade to the Spanilh fcttlements, whence it had it» 

 origin. 



BUCCARI, BuKARi, BoKERi, or Bukri, in Geography, 

 a "town of Morlachia, in that dillrldl of Hungarian Daimatia 

 called Zengh, or Scgna, belonging to Auftria, andfeatedon 

 a rocky eminence in the north-call part of the Adriatic. 

 This town was declared by the emperor a free port for the 

 commerce of the Eail Indies in 1780, The harbour, or 

 rather the gulf of Buccari, or Bukaria, is commodious and 

 fafe ; but a little expofed to the fouth-eaft wind, which 

 fometiines makes it dangerous. From this place great 

 numbers of cattle are (hipped for Italy. N. lat. 45° 20'. 

 E. long. 15° i3'. 



BUCCATA,in.£n/omo/osy', a fpeciesof Conops {Myopa, 

 Fabr.). The prevailing colour of this infeft is ferruginous ; 

 abdomen hooked, and grey ; face veficular and white ; wings 

 clouded. Linn. Inhabits Europe. 



BUCCATUS, a fpecies of Oestrus, of a grifeous co- 

 lour, with the face white, and dotted with black. Inhabits 

 South Carolina. • 



BUCCELLARII, formed from buccelhs, a kind of loaf, 

 or cake of a circular figure, an order of foldiery under the 

 Greek emperors, appointed to guard and diilrlbute the am- 

 munition-bread. The bucctllarii were alfo called, in refpeft 

 of their country, Gallogr^ci, or Hekmgalatic, q.d. Greeks of 

 Galatia; fometimes Maryand'tm. 



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