of John Cockburn, &c. 1 8 1 

 Tigers Skins for me to fit on, and brought 

 out roafted Plantains and Honey, and gave us 

 many Demonftrations of a hearty Welcome ; 

 repeating to me often, that they loved the 

 ILngliJh, but hated the Spaniards. At firft 5 

 I could not conceive from whence their Sin« 

 gularity of Behaviour towards me proceeded, 

 nor how they came to make fo great a Di- 

 ftinftion between the Englljh and Spaniards^ 

 fuppofing they had never been converfant 

 with either j but at laft, I heard them men- 

 tion the Name of Cllpperton, and then my 

 Wonder ceafed ; for I recolle&ed, that I had 

 heard much of onp Capt. Clipperton y a 

 noted Englljh Privateer, who ufed to fre- 

 quent thefe Indians^ and by Meaqs of 

 ftrift Correfpondence with them, been a con- 

 ftant Plague to the Spaniards in thefe Seas, 

 The Spaniards would often upbraid us, and 

 fay, that we were fome of Clipper ton's Crew, 

 and that inftead of being relieved., we ought 

 to be punifhed. 



These Indios Bravos were making them- 

 felves % Sort of Cloathing of the Bark of 

 Trees, which is foft and durable, as any 

 Cloth \ they m^de me a Prefent of two 



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