to the Gold Mines y &c< 



of them was (lain, but believe there were fe ve^ 

 ral, by Reafon of our firing into the Woods 

 and Bufties, whole Volleys, 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 Country to 

 engage with a handful of Men : About four 

 the fame Afternoon we all got aboard our 

 Sloops, and made the beft of our way to 

 the Ifland of Palma, where our other two 

 Sloops lay $ about feven we anchored there, 

 and made ready for the burying of Captain 

 Browns Corps, which was carryed aftiore, 

 and interr'd on that Ifland, with all the 

 Solemnity that the Place and our Circum- 

 ftance would allow of : This done, they fet 

 Sail on the 31ft. in the Evening for the 

 Samballees-Keys, in order to joyn the reft 

 of their Contorts. 



On the 3d. of Augutt, we loft Company 

 with the Thomas and Elizabeth, and Phenix^ 

 and in the Interim it was agreed, that Cap- 

 tain Brown % Sloop (hould be Commanded by 

 Captain Chrijlian, who was a Volunteer on 

 board us 3 he being an old experience! Soldier 

 and Privateer, very brave and Juft in all his 

 A&ions. 



On the 4th at nine in the Morning we 

 made the Land, it bearing North Weft a- 

 bout fix Leagues , which proved to be 

 Golden Ifland. 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 



