i82 OfCapt. HowEL Davis. 



here for Slaves^ then the Governor ask'd them, 

 what was the chief of their Cargo? They anfwer- 

 ed. Iron and Plate, which were good Things 

 there ^ the Governor told them he would iSlave 

 them to the full Value of their Cargoe, and asked 

 them, if they had any European Liquor on Board ? 

 they anfwered, a little for their own Ufe v how- 

 ever, a Hamper fliould be at his Service. The Go- 

 vernor then very civilly invited them all to ftay 

 and dine with him y Davis told him, tliat being 

 Commander of the Ship, he mufl: go on Board to 

 lee her well moored, and give fome other Orders, 

 but thofe two Gentlemen might ftay, and that he 

 himfelf would alio return before Dinner, and bring 

 the Hamper of Liquor with him. 



While he was in the Fort, his Eyes were very 

 bufy in obferving how Things lay he took Notice 

 there was a Gentry at the Entrance, and a Guard- 

 Houfe juft by it, where the Soldiers upon Duty 

 commonly waited, their Arms ftanding in a Cor- 

 ner, in a Heap he faw alfo a great many fmall 

 Arms in the Governor's Hall ^ now when he came 

 on Board, he affured his Men of Succefs, defiring 

 them not to get drunk, and that as foon as they 

 faw the Flag upon the Caftle ftruck, they might 

 conclude he was Mafter, and fend twenty Hands 

 immediately aihore ; in the mean Time, there be- 

 ing a Sloop at Anchor near them, he fent fome 

 Hands in a Boat, to fecure the Mafter and all the 

 Men, and bring them on Board of him, leaft they 

 obferving any Buftle or arming in his Ship, might 

 fend afliorc and give Intelligence. 



Thefe Precautions being taken, he ordered his 

 Men, who were to go in the Boat with him, to put 

 two Pair of Piftols each under their Cloaths, he 

 doing the like himfelf, and gave them DireOrions 

 to go into the Guard-Room, and to enter into 

 Converfation with the Soldiers, and obferve when 



