178 Of Capt. How EL Davis. 



Tarpawlin, by Way of black Flag, they having 

 no other, and firM a Gun : The French Me^ were fo 

 intimidated by this Appearance of Force, that they 

 firuck. Davis called out to the Captain to come on 

 Board of him, with twenty of his Hands • he did 

 lb, and they were all for the greater Security clapc 

 into Irons, the Captain excepted : Then he lent 

 four of his own Men on Board the firft Prize, and 

 in order IHll to carry on the Cheat, fpoke aloud, 

 that they fhould give his Service to the Captain, 

 and defire him to fend Ibme Hands on Board the 

 Prize, to lee what they had got *, but at the fame 

 Time gave them a written Paper, with Inftruftions 

 what to do. Here he ordered them to nail up the 

 Guns in the little Prize, to take out all the fmall 

 Arms and Powder, and to go every Man of them 

 on Board the fecond Prize ^ when this was done, 

 he ordered that more of the Prifoners Ihould be 

 removed out of the great Prize, into the little 

 one, by which he fecured himlelf from any At- 

 tempt which might be feared from their Numbers \ 

 for thofe on Board of him were faft in Irons, and 

 thofe in the little Prize had neither Arms nor Am- 

 munition. 



Thus the three Ships kept Company for 2 Days, 

 when finding the great Prize to be a very dull Sai- 

 lor, he thought fhe would not be fit for his Pur- 

 pofe, wherefore he refolved to reftore her to the 

 Captain, with all his Hands \ but firft, he took 

 Care to take out all her Ammunition, and every 

 Thing elfe which he might poffibly want. The 

 French Captain was in fuch a Rage, at being fo out- 

 witted, that when he got on Board his own Ship, 

 he was going to throw himfelf over-board, but was 

 prevented by his Men. 



Having let go both his Prizes, he fleered North- 

 ward, in which Courfe he took a fmall Spanljh Sloop j 

 after this, he made towards the Weftern Iflands, 



but 



