124 The jDiJlreffes and Adventures 

 Orders in it. Perceiving a numerous Clergy 

 here, we thought proper to intreat their Af- 

 fiftance, and fome of them relieved us, and 

 fome did not. We found, that in this Town 

 Coco paITed as current Coin, feventy Nuts 

 of which were valued at a Real of Plate. 



A Gentleman, who is Receiver-General 

 of the King's Revenues in this Part of the 

 Country, came one Day to the Prifon, on 

 Purpofe to ask us fome Queftions concerning 

 our Misfortunes, which, when I had an- 

 fwer'd, he bid us come to his Houfe every 

 Day, where we ftiould always find Relief • 

 and for the prefent, gave us a large Matt to 

 fleep on, for till then we lay on the bare 

 Ground. This Gentleman having a Ship 

 which traded in the South-Seas, ofFer'd, if 

 we would ftay here, to imploy us therein ; 

 but, I anfwer'd, that we were determined 

 to get to our own Country, if poflible ; that 

 otherwife we would gladly have ferved him. 

 Here being flat-bottom'd VefTels building to 

 go to Porto-hello, by the Way of the Lake 

 of Nicaragua, we went to the Mafter of one 

 of them, to try, if we could get a Paflage 

 with him j who faid, that if we could pro- 

 cure 



