68 Of Captain Mart EL. 



In the Mouth oi November^ i7i<^> General Ha^ 

 miltovy Commander in chief of all the Leeward Car- 

 ribee Ijlmdsy fent a Sloop Exprefs to Captain Hume^ 

 at Barbadoesy Commander of his Majefty's Ship^ 

 Scarborough^ of 30 Guns, and 140 Men, to acquaint 

 him, that two Pyrate Sloops of 12 Guns each, 

 xnolefted the Colonies, having plunc ered feveral 

 Veifels. The Scarborough had bury'd twenty Men, 

 and had near forty Sick, and therefore was hut in 

 ill State to go to Sea : However, Captain Ilnme 

 left his fick Men behind, and failed to the other 

 IflandSj for a fupply of Men, taking 20 Soldiers 

 from Antegoa y at JSfevisy he took 10, and 10 at 

 St. Chriftophersy and then failed to the Ifland of 

 guilky y^heTe he learned, that fome Time before, 

 2 fuch Sloops had been at Spamjh-Towriy otherwife 

 called, one of the f^irgln Iflands : Accordingly, the 

 next Day, the Scarborough came to Sfanijh-Towny but 

 could hear no News of the Sloops, only, that they 

 had been there about Chrifimasy (it being then the 

 1 5 th of January.) 



Captain Humcy finding no Account could be had of 

 thefe Py rates, defigned to go back, the next Day, 

 to Barbadoesy but, it happened, that Night, that 

 a Boat anchored there from Santa CruXy and infor-| 

 med him, that he faw a Pyrate Ship of 22 or 24 

 Guns, with other Veffels, going in to the North. 

 Weft Part of the Ifland aforefaid. The Scarborough 

 weighed immediately, and the next Morning came 

 in Sight of the Rovers, and their Prizes, and ftood^ 

 to them, bat the Pilot refilled to venture in with^ 

 the Ship ^ all the while the Py rates fi r'd red hot 

 Bullets from the Shore. At length, the Ship came 

 to an Anchor, along Side the Reef, near the Chan- 

 nel, and cannonaded for leveral Hours, both the 

 Veliels and Batteries : About four in the After- 

 noon, the Sloop that guarded the Channel, waS 

 funk by the Shot of the Man of War then ihe 



