Chap. I. 
Captain William F u n n e l l. ijl 
S E C T I O N XV. 
The Voyage ^William Funnell round the W oriel, as Mate to Captain William 
D a m p i e r. 
x. Introduction , containing the Rea font why this Voyage ought to be attributed rather to Mr. Funnell, than 
to Captain Dampier. 2. The Motives to this Expedition, and the Force of the Ships which were origi- 
nally fitted out. 3. The Advantages expelled from this extraordinary Undertaking. 4. The St. George 
fails prom the Downs, April 7. 1703. and proceeds to the Cape de Verd Iflands. 5. Profecutes her 
Voyage thence to Cape Horn. 6. Arrive at the Ifiand of Juan Fernandez, and refrefij there. 7. Com-- 
polled to quit that Coafi , and leave five Men , and all their Stores, on that Ifiand. 8. Again unlucky in 
attempting the fame Ship, which occafioned their former Misfortune. 9. The Ifiand of Gallo, and its 
Productions, defcribed. 10. Captain Dampier, in the St. George, parts from Captain Stradling, in the 
Cinque-ports, n. Obtain exaCi Intelligence of the Preparations made againfi them by the Spaniards. 
12. Account of the River of St. Iago, and the Alligators found there. 13. Attacked by a Spanilh Man 
of War, fitted out to take them. 14. The Country about the Bay of St. Matthew defcribed, with its Pro- 
ductions. if. Mr. Clippington (Clipperton) Captain Dampier’* chief Mate, leaves him . 16. De- 
fcription of the Middle Iflands, and their Produce. 17. Account of Shell-fifh on that Coafi. 18. Take 
a Ship, commanded by a Spaniard brought up in England. 1 9. Attack the Manilla Ship, and are beat 
off, 20. Mr. Funnell, with mofi of the Ship! Company, leave Captain Dampier* 21. Sail from the Gulph of\ 
Amapalla for the Eaft Indies. 22. Occurrences in their Voyage toward the Ladrone Iflands. 23. Hard- 
ships fufi'ered in this Paffage. 24. Defcription of the Ifiand Magon, and its Inhabitants. 27. Arrive 
on the Coafi of New Guiney. 2 6. Defcription of the Iflands Deceit and Difappointment. 27. Other 
new Iflands dif covered and defcribed. 28. Their Arrival at the Dutch Settlement of Manipa. 29. Sail 
in the mofi miferable Condition for Amboyna. 30. Arrival there , and the cruel Ufage of the Dutch. 
31. The Ifiand of Amboyna particularly defcribed. 32. Sent Prifoners in a Dutch Veffel to Batavia. 
33. Bafe Practices of the Dutch, in order to monopolize Trade. 34. Their Reception at Batavia. 
,37. Obfervations made there. 36. Arrival at the Cape of Good Hope. 37. Occurrences in their 
Voyage home. 38. Difference of Weather in North and South Latitudes. 39. Author s J'afe Arrival in 
England, Auguft 26. 1706. 40. Some Account of the fever al Per fons mentioned in this Expedition. 
41 . Remarks upon the Whole. 
X, ^j|r HIS Voyage has ufually palled under the Name 
of Captain William Dampier but, as he pro- 
JL ceeded only to the South Seas, and the Cir- 
cum-navigation was intirely. performed by Mr. William 
Funnell, I thought it more proper, that his Name lhould 
Hand in the Title than that of Dampier' s, with whom, in 
this Voyage, we have much lefs to do. Thus much, how- 
ever, is in Juftice due to Captain William Dampier , that it 
was upon his Credit, and in Expectation of his being able 
to do great Matters in the Spanifh Weft Indies, that thefe 
Ships were fitted out, and this Expedition undertaken ; 
which thews, that the Misfortune he met with in the 
Roebuck , had not affeCted his Character with the Mer- 
chants, who, to be fure, were the propereft Judges in this 
Matter. The Point they aimed at was Plunder, rather 
than Difcovery •, and yet there is fomething very remark- 
able in this Voyage in that way j and the unknown Iflands 
which Mr. Funnell met with in his Paffage from the South 
Seas to the Eaft Indies , are the Itrongeft Confirmation of 
what former Difcoverers have reported, as to large, well- 
cultivated, and populous Countries, in thofe Parts. It mult 
likewife be acknowledged, that Funnel! s Voyages, though 
they are recounted with the greateft Appearance of Sin- 
cerity and Simplicity, yet are better digefted, and may be, 
confequently, read with more Satisfaction, than Dampier' s ; 
probably, becaufe he had but one Point in View, viz. that 
of giving his Readers a fair and agreeable Account of his 
Adventures. 
2. It mult be obferved, that this Expedition was under- 
taken in the Beginning of the laft general War, when 
mighty Expectations were raifed of performing great Ex- 
ploits againft the Spaniards, who, of a fudden, from being 
our fait Friends, and favourite Allies, came to be con- 
fidered as our Enemies, on their accepting the Duke of 
Anjou, Grandfon to Lewis XIV. for their King. This 
induced the Merchants to believe, that, with a reafonable 
Force, a very profitable Expedition might be made into 
thofe Parts, where the Bucanneers, with fmall Veflfels, and 
thofe ill provided, had performed fuch extraordinary 
Things and, therefore, when they had obtained the bell 
Information they could, as to the Methods propofed to be 
taken for the effecting fuch a Defign, they entered chear- 
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fully on the Expences neceffary for thatPurpofe. In order 
to this, they fitted out at firft two Ships of twenty-fix 
Guns, and 120 Men each, defigned for the South Seas. 
The one was named the St. George , Captain William 
Dampier Commander* in which was Mr. William Funnell j 
and the other the Fame , John Pulling Captain. They were 
both fupplied with all warlike Stores, and very well victu- 
alled for nine Months ; and had Com millions from his 
Royal Highnefs Prince George, then Lord High Admiral, 
to proceed againft the French and Spaniards ; and both 
were upon the fame Terms, of No Purchafe, no Pay. But, 
whilft they were in the Downs, there arifing fome Differ- 
ence between the two Captains, Captain Pulling, in his 
Ship the Fame, went away, intending, as he laid, to go 
and cruife among the Canary Iflands, and they never faw 
him afterwards *, but, before their going from Ireland , they 
were joined by another Ship, fent after them on Purpole ; 
fhe was a fmall Veffel, named The Cinque-ports Galley, 
Burden about ninety Tons, fixteen Guns, and fixty-three 
Men, Charles Pickering Captain : Which Ship was alfo 
very well victualled, and provided for the Voyage. It 
muft be remarked here, that this Defertion of Captain 
Pulling was abfolutely the Ruin of the Voyage-, and, 
therefore, this ought to be a Warning to all Societies of 
Merchants, that enter upon fuch Undertakings, never to 
join two Officers, of difcordant Tempers, on any Terms ; 
for, where Harmony is wanting, Succefs cannot be ex- 
pected. Befides, Officers intrufted on fuch Occafions 
ought to know, that the firft Principle of their ConduCt 
fhould be Duty to their Owners ; for this, in private Men 
of War, comes in the Place of Loyalty, which is the 
fupreme Virtue in the Commander of a King’s Ship and, 
where either is wanting, it is abfurd to hope for any great 
Matters. Pride, Selfifhnefs, and narrow Notions, can never 
make a Figure any- where, much lefs in a Naval Expedition, 
where, if it once becomes a Maxim, that every Man ought 
to take care of bimfelf, there is an Rnd of all ; whereas, 
if it be laid down as a fundamental Point, that the general 
Good is, in all Cafes, to be purfued, the Advantage of 
Individuals will follow of courfe, and every Man be 
enriched by barely purfuing Orders, 
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