340 ^ Of Capt. Tho. Anstis. 



Durfey^ and four or five more, got alhore with (bme 

 Arms and Ammunition ^ and when the Pyrates 

 Canoe came in for Water^ he feiz'd the Boat with 

 the Men • upon which Jlnftis ordered another Boat 

 to be mann'd with 30 Hands and fent afliore, which 

 was accordingly done ^ but Captain Durfey^ and the 

 Company he had by that Time got together, gave 

 them fuch a warm Reception, that they were con- 

 tented to betake themfelves to their Yeffel again. 



About the beginning of December^ 1722, Anfll$ 

 left this* Place and returned to the Iflands, de- 

 figning to accumulate all the Power and Strength 

 he could, lince there was no looking back. He took 

 in the Cruife a good Ship, commanded by Cap- 

 tain Smithy which he mounted with 24 Guns, and 

 Femy a one handed Man, who commanded the 

 Mornwg-Star when flie was loft, went aboard to 

 command her. They cruis'd together, and took a 

 Veflel or two, and then went to the Bahama Ijlands^ 

 and there met with what they wanted, "jiz.. a Sloop 

 loaded with Provifions, from Dublin^ called the An-' 

 telope. 



It was time now to think of fome Place to fit up 

 and clean their Frigate lately taken, and put her 

 in a Condition to do Bufinefs accordingly they 

 pitched upon the Ifland of Tobago^ where they arri- 

 ved the beginning of Aprily 1723, with the Antelope 

 Sloop and her Cargo. 



They fell to work immediately, got the Guns, 

 Stores, and every Thing eUe out upon'^the Ifland, 

 and put the Ship upon the Heel and juft then, 

 as ill Luck would have it, came in the Winchelfea 

 Man of War, by Way of Vifit, which put the Ma- 

 rooners into fuch a Surprize, that they fet Fire to 

 the Ship and Sloop, and fled ailiore to the Woods. 

 Jriftisy in the Brigantiile, efcap'd, by having a light 

 Pair or Heels, but it put his Company intq fuch 

 a Diforder, that their Government could never b^. 



