6f Captain A r E R Y. . |'| 



ivas ftid was one oThis Daughters, who were go^ig 

 pn a pilgrimage to Mecca^ the Mahometans chii^k- 

 ing theinlelves obliged once in their Lives to vifit 

 that Place, and they were carrying with theni 

 rich Offerings to preient at the Shrine of Mahomet., 

 It is known that the Eafterri People travel wich 

 the ucnioft Magnificence, fo that they had witK 

 them all their Slaves and Attendaats, their ricH 

 Habits and Jewels, with VelTels ot Gold and Silver^- 

 and great Sums of Money to defiVay the Charges 

 of their Journey by Land^ wherefore the Plunder 

 got by this Prize, is not eafily computed. , ^ 



Having taken all the Treafure on Board their 

 own Ships, and plundered their Prize o'"^ every 

 Thing elle they either wanted or liked, they let 

 her go ^ ihe not being able to continue Her Voyage^^ 

 returned back : As foon as the News came to the 

 Mogul y 2.ndi he knew that they were Engltjh wild 

 had robbed them, he threatened loud, and talked 

 of fending a mighty Ariiiy with Fire and Sword,* 

 to extirpate the Enghjh from all their Settlemerta 

 on the Indian Coaft. The Eafi - India Qom^n\y id 

 England^ were very niuch alarmed at it \ however,^ 

 by Degrees, they found Means to pacify him", by 

 promiling to do their Endeavours to take the Rob- 

 bers, and deliver them into his Hands however,* 

 the great Noifethis Thing made in Europe^ as well 

 as Indidy was the Occafiou of all thefe romantick 

 Stories which were formed of Avery's Greatnefs. 



In the mean Time our fuccefsful Plunderers a- 

 greed to make the beft of their Way back to Ma- 

 dagajcar^ intending to make that Place their Maga- 

 zine or Repofitory for all their Treafure, and to 

 build a finall Fortification there, and leave a few 

 Hands always afhore to look after it,, and de^ 

 tend it from any Attempts of the l^Jatives • but 

 Avery put an End to this Project, and xxtade it alto- 

 g<*ther unneceffary. 



