D A V I Expedition 



c near SanSla Maria ; and that after they had march- 

 c ed 9 Days, they fell in with an Outguard of the 

 « Spaniards, of whom they took 9 ; but the others 

 4 efcaping, gave Notice at the Mines of their Ap- 

 c proach. So that the richeft of the Inhabitants 

 « fled with their Money and Jewels : that however, 

 c the Englijh took the Fort and pofleflfed themfelves 

 c of the Mines, where about 70 Negroes remain'd, 

 c whom they fet to work during the one and twen- 

 < ty Days they continned there ; in which Time 

 * they got about 80 Pounds Weight of Gold, be- 

 c fides feveral Pieces of Plate, which they found 

 c buryed in the Ground by the Inhabitants ; and 

 c that at their Return they burnt the Town, and 

 4 brought away the Negroes. 



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D aV i sV Expedition to the 

 Gold-Mines. 



IN the Year 1702. Colonel Peter Beckford, Lieu- 

 tenant-Governour of the Ifiand of Jamaica, ha- 

 ving granted Commiflions to the 4 following Sloops 

 to go a Privateering againft the French and Spani- 

 ards, viz. the Baftamento, having 74 Men and 8 

 Guns, under the Command of Captain John Rajh ; 

 the Thomas and Elizabeth, Captain Murray, 63 

 Men and 8 Guns ; the Phcenix, Captain Plowman, 

 56 Men and 8 Guns, and the Bleffing, Captain Brown, 

 79 Men and 10 Guns. We fet Sail from Jamaica 

 the 24th of July, in order to make the beft of our 

 way to the Spanijfj Coaft. 



On the 2&th, at 6 in the Evening, they made the 

 Ifland of Palma: And next Morning, the Baftamen- 

 to and the Bleffing, flood clofe in to the Shore ; it 



being 



