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upon the Shore all the while we ftayM, with 

 100 Men, and Captain Melean Governour ; 

 they ftayed till we were gone, but would 

 certainly March next Day, otherwife the 

 Spaniards of Porto Rico would not mifs to take 

 them off. 



The 6th, Captain Pinhrton and the Snow 

 came in from St. Thomas^ with old Captain 

 Alifon along with them for a Pilot. On the ~ 

 Sth we left this place, and on the T7th made 

 Nofira Signiora della Pofa^ we lay afide there 

 along the Coaft, until the 3d Day of Novem- 

 ber^ generally lofing by Night what we had 

 gain'd all Day. 



Crab IJland is about 6 Leagues long, and in 

 fome places 5 broad, the Soil is very good. 

 It's all full of Trees; all the South fide is 

 full of Bays, very fit for anchoring in, but 

 the beft of all is to the Leeward, where the 

 Dane hoifed his Colours. It would have been 

 worth our while to poflefs it, had we not 

 been a coming to a better Country. It has 

 this Inconvenience, that nothing but ftrcngth 

 of Men, or Peace with every Body, can ren- 

 der it fecure. It is called Crab IJland^ from 

 the multitude of Land-Crabs there. 



November 3. We anchored before Golden 

 IJland^ and fent in our Pinnace to the Bay. 

 The Natives had hoifed a White Flag in 

 fign of Peace, and told us a great many Sto- 

 ries of Captain Swan^ Captain Davies^ and 

 others, for they took us for EngUJh^ by rea« 

 fon of our red Fly ^ but we took no notice 

 of the Men they nam'd. At laft they ask'd 

 us ourBufinefs? we told them we defigned to 

 iettle among them^ and to be their Friends. 



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