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Pedro his Confbrt ; a 7th Captain Vaclgo ^ 

 who commands at Carret Bay^ and Captain 

 lyiego that commands the Gulph. Amhrofo 

 feems to be the greateft, and Diego next, 

 both old Men \ they are all very much our 

 Friends, and fond of us. AH have been 

 frequently here except Captain Diego who is 

 Goutyifli. Some of thefe Captains wear the 

 Scots Flag in their Canoa's. There is no 

 fuch thing as a King or Emperor of Darie??^ 

 nor, fo far as we can gather from all the 

 chief Men hereabout^ has been thefe 40 or 

 50 Years : The old Men remember fuch a 

 Man, they fay he was a Tyrant, would take 

 as many Wives as he pleafed, and allow them 

 but one, and therefore they cut him off. 

 This derogates much from the reputation 

 of the History of the Buccaneers. If there 

 were fuch a Man, he has been an Indim made 

 Emperor by themfelves, I mean by the Buc- 

 earners. This Country certainly affords Gold 

 enough, for befides that the Natives con- 

 ftantly affure us, that they know feveral 

 Gold Mines on this fide j befides that, I fay, 

 the Plates they wear in their Nofes, and the 

 quantity of Gold that is among them, is e- 

 nough to perfwade any Man of the truth of 

 it. There was one Night aboard here fome 

 Indians that had a hundred Ounces of Gold 

 about them. We are certainly much bound 

 to Providence in this affair j lor as we were 

 fearching for the place we were dircded to, 

 we found this, and though the Privateers had 

 been fo often at Golden Ijland^ and though 

 E'nglijlj^ Dutch and French had been all over 

 this Coait, frpm Portobeh to Cmtegena^ y^t 



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