to the Cold Mines, &c. 465 



board, and out of the Reach of Shot, but fbme 

 Spaniards that lay fculking in the Woods, came 

 out and fired at us, to fhow us they were not all 

 kilPd. I cannot tell what Number of them was 

 (lain, but believe there were feveral,. by Reafon of 

 our firing into the Woods and Bullies, whole Vol- 

 leys, but could not fee them, it being fuch a 

 woody Country, and it would not have been fafe for 

 us to follow them, having a whole Couirfty to en- 

 gage with a Handful of Men: About 4 the fame 

 Afternoon we all got aboard our Sloops, and made 

 the beft of our way to the Ifland of Palma, where 

 our other 2 Sloops lay 5 about 7 we anchored there, 

 and made ready for the burying of Capt. Brown's 

 Corps, which was carryed afhore, and interred on v 

 that Ifland, with all the Solemnity that the Place 

 and our Circumftance would allow of: This done, 

 they fet Sail on the 31ft in the Evening for the Sam- 

 halloes-Keys, in order to joyn the reft of their Con- 

 forts. 



On the 3d of Auguft, we loft Company with the 

 'Thomas and Elizabeth, and Phoenix, and in the Inte- 

 rim it was agreed, that Capt. Brown's Sloop fhould 

 be commanded by Capt. Chrijlian, who was a Vo- 

 luntier on board us ; he being an old experienced 

 Soldier and Privateer, very brave and juft in all his 

 Aftions. 



On the 4th at 9 in the Morning we made the 

 Land, it bearing North Weft about 6 Leagues, 

 which proved to be Golden Ifland. 1 On the eighth 

 we ftood in clofe to the Land, the Wind at N. we 

 ftood along the Shore, N. W. by W. in order to 

 get in amongft the Keys, for there wevdeiign'd to 

 anchor. 



On the 9th, we faw 2 Sail, under the Shore, and 

 fending our Canoa to difcover what. they were, 

 they proved to be the Dragon-Gally Capt. Pilkington, 

 and the Grey-hound^ Capt. John Golding^ who had 



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