Of Captain Ma RfMti 6f 



They Concluded n6w, that 'twas high Time to' 

 get into Harbout and refit^ as well as to get Re- 

 frefhments themlelveSj aind wait an Opportunity 

 to difpofe of their Cargo therefore 'twas refbl- 

 Ved to make the beft of their Way to Santa Cmx^ 

 a fmall Ifland in the Lattitude of i8, 30, N. tea 

 Mile long, and two broad, lying South-Eaft of 

 Porto Rico^ belonging to the French Settlements^ 

 Here they thought they might lye privately enough 

 for fbme Time, and fit themfelves for further Mif- 

 chief. They rtiet with a Sloop by the Way, which 

 they took along with them, and in the Beginning 

 of the Year 1715-17, they arrived at their Portj 

 having a Ship of 20 Guns, a Sloop of eighty and 

 three Pri:;ies, vit^ another Ship of 20 Guns, a Sloop 

 of four Guns, and another Sloopi lafttaken^ with 

 this little Fleet, they got into a fmall Harbour, or 

 Road, the N. W* Part of the Ifland, and warp'd 

 up two Creeks, which were made by a little Ifland 

 lying within the Bay ^ (I am the more particular 

 now, becaiife I fliall take Leave of the Gentlemen^ 

 at this Plaide.) They had here bare 16 Foot Water^j, 

 at the deepeft, and but 13 dr 14, at the fliallow- 

 efl:, and nothing but Kodks slnd Sands ivithdutji 

 which fecured them from Wind and Sea, and 

 likewise from any confiderable Force coming a-* 

 gainfl: them. 



When they had all got in, the firft Thing they" 

 had to do, was to Guard themfelves in the belt 

 Manner they could they made a. Battery of four 

 Guns upon the Ifland, and another Battery of twd 

 Guns on the Korth Point of the Ilo^d, and Warp'd 

 in one of the Sloops with eight Gun^^ at the Mouth 

 of the Channel, to hinder any Veffels from coming 

 in-, \vheil this was done they Went td Work on 

 their Ship, unrigging^ arid unloading, in order" td 

 Clean ^ \^here I ftiall leave theiti a while, till I bring 

 m\kQt Cdltijiany £0 'em. 



