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, 3- Jhe original Defign of this Undertaking, fays Mr. 
1 unnell, was to go firfb into the River of Plate , as far as 
Buenos Ayres, in order to take two or three Spanijh Gal- 
leons, which Captain Dampier aflerted were ufually there ; 
and if-, by that Expedition, we got to the Value of 
600,000 /. then we were to return again without proceeding 
further ; but if we miffed of Succefs there, then to cruife 
Upon the Coafhof Peru tor the Baldwin Ships, which bring 
down Gold to Lima but if that Defign fhould alfo fail, 
then to attempt fome rich Towns, according as Captain 
*Dampm' fhould think fit : And after that, we were, at the 
ufual Time of the Year, to go upon the Coaft of Mexico, 
to look for the great Galleon which trades from Manilla , 
one of the Philippine Elands-, to Acapulco, on the Coaft of 
Mexico, and which is commonly reported to be worth four- 
teen Millions of Pieces of Eight. The Reafon we did not 
go to Buenos Ayres was, becaufe, on our Arrival at Ma- 
deira, we had Advice, that the Galleons from thence were 
Rifely arrived at Leneriff. How well we purfued the latter 
Part of our Inftrudtions, the fubfequent Hiftory of our 
Voyage will fufficiently declare, in which I have ufed the 
greateft Sincerity and Freedom, fetting down every thing 
that happened, in the manner in which it happened, with 
whatever appeared to me worthy the Reader’s Notice, in 
the plaineft way imaginable : So that I flatter myfelf the 
Whole will be found ufeful ; and that the latter Part, efpe- 
cially, will be efteemed new, curious-, and entertaining, 
inafmuch as it contains many Things which have never hi- 
therto been publifhed in our Language. 
4. We failed on April 30. 1703. out of the Downs 
and, on May 18. anchored at Kinfale in Ireland. Here 
we refitted and victualled our Ship, and were joined by the 
Cinque-ports ; and-, on September 1 1 . left Kinfale •, and, 
on the 25th, we reached the Ifland of Madeira, where we 
did not anchor, but lay off-and-on for our Boats, that were 
lent afhore for Neceffaries. By a good Obfervation, I make 
this Eland to lie in the Latitude of 32 0 2 o' North, and 
Longitude, by my Account, from London, 18 0 5' Weft. 
We departed September 28. and, on the 30th, faw Palma 
and Faro, the two Weftermoft of the Canary Iflands, they 
being in all feven, fo called from Canaria , the chief. We 
did not flop here, but made the beft of our Way for the 
Cape de Verd Elands ; and, October 6 . faw the Ifland of 
Mayo, lying in the Latitude of 1 5 0 10' North, and Lon- 
gitude from London 24 0 29' Weft. We lay off-and-on all 
Night, but could not get off any Salt, becaufe here ran fo 
great a Surf, that we dared not venture our Boats afhore ; 
So, on October 7. in the Morning, we bore away for St. 
lago, and, at Noon, anchored at Prior Bay . This Bay 
lies in the Latitude of 14 0 5', and Weft from London 24° 
47'. This is one of the Southermoft and moft fruitful of 
the Cape de Verd Eles, abounding in Hogs, Fowls, Guiney 
Hens, Monkeys, Maiz, Oranges, Lemons, Dates, Water- 
melons, Plantains, Bananas, (pc. Here is good Water, 
but troublefome fetching •, and Wood is very dear. The 
Natives of this Place were formerly Portuguefe , who were 
banilhed thither for Murders, Thefts, and other Villainies ; 
but now they are moftly black, by reafon of their Con- 
verfe with their Women Slaves, which are Guiney Negroes •, 
but, notwithftanding they have changed their Colour, yet 
they full retain their Vices, Thieving being commoner here 
than in any Place I have been at ; infomuch that they will 
take your Hat off your Head at Noon-day, in the Midft 
of Company : You muft alfo be very wary how you trade 
with them ; for, if you let them have your Goods before 
you have theirs, you will be fure to lofe them. At this 
Place we watered our Ship, and refrefhed ourfelves ; and 
here being fome Difagreement between our Captain and 
firft Lieutenant, the former turned the latter afhore, with 
his Cheft, Cloaths, and Servant, much againft both his 
and his Servant’s Will, about twelve o’ Clock at NisEt. 
At four the next Morning, being O Cibber 13. we parted 
from the laid Ifland, not fully refolved what Place to touch 
at next. 
5. . On November 2. we paffed the Equator, about forty- 
five Leagues to the Weft ward of the Meridian of the Ifland 
of St. httgo s We faw this Day abundance of Flying-filE. 
On the 8th, in the Evening, we found the Variation, by 
a good Amplitude, to be 5 0 20’ Eafterly, Latitude by Ob- 
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AGES of Book I. 
fervation South io° 20', and Longitude Weft from the 
Ifland of St. Lago 5 0 36k There are three Iflands called by 
the Name of St. Anri’s , not above a Stone’s-throwfrom each 
other ; they are very full of Wcod^ as is all the Brafilian 
Coaft. I hefe Elands are diftant from the Main about four 
Miles. I his Place is very much troubled with Southerly 
AVinds, which blow in Gufts; therefore your only Way 
is to lay your beft Anchor to the Southward, and all little 
enough iometimes. ft he Iflands produce nothing but 
AVood, and have a vaft many Sea-fowl upon them, which 
our Sailors called Boobies, i he Booby is much about the 
Bignefs of a Duck: Some are quite white, fome grey ; they 
have Feet like a Duck, being a Water-fowl -,°they feed 
moftly upon Flying-fifh, which they catch flying : I have 
made many a Meal of thefe Birds, but it was for want of 
other Victuals : They tafte very fifhy, and, if you do not fait 
them very well before you eat them, they will make you 
fick. They are fo filly, that, when they are weary of ffty- 
ing, they will, if you hold out your Hand, come and fit 
upon it j from whence I conjecture, that they are called 
Boobies. November 24. we anchored at the Ifland of Le 
Grand, whofe Latitude is 23 0 30 South, Longitude from 
London 40° 24' Weft •, and found here about 1 r° Eaft Va- 
riation. This is a very woody Ifland, and hath feveral 
very good Springs of frefh Water upon it. ftflie Soil is 
black, and the Ifland is about nine Leagues round, and 
diftant from the Main about three Miles^ In it are Jac- 
cals. Lions, Tygers, Lie. which, in the Night, make a 
moft hideous Noife, enough to terrify any Man. Here are 
Rum, Sugar, and feveral forts of Indian Fruits, to be had, 
but very dear, on account of their fupplying the Town of 
Saint Paul's with thefe Neceffaries ; near which Town is faid 
to be a Gold Mine, accounted one of the richeft hitherto 
known. It is diftant from the Town of Le Grand about 
300 Miles ; and is reckoned, by the vaft high Mountains 
that intercept the Paffage, to be fixty Days Journey. At 
this Place we wooded, watered, and refitted our Ship. 
Here our new firft Lieutenant, with eight of our Men, our 
Captain and they falling out, went afhore with their' Goods, 
and left us here : Alfo Charles Pickering, Captain of the 
Cinque-ports, our Confort, departed this Life, and his Body 
was buried afhore at the Watering-place, with the ufual 
Ceremony of firing of Guns ; and Mr. Thomas Straddling , 
his Lieutenant, took Command of his Ship. Here is 
good Fifh of various Sorts, as the Silver-fifh, and feveral 
others. The Silver-fifh is about twenty Inches long, in 
Height, from the Top of his Head to the Bottom of his 
Belly, eight Inches ; he hath five fmall Fins on the hinder 
Part of his Head, and one large one, reaching from thd 
hindermoft of the five fmall ones to the Tail : He has 
two middling ones, one on each Side near the Gills, and 
a large one, ftretching from the Middle of the Bottom 
of his Belly to his Tail, which is half-mooned. He has 
a large Eye, a wide Pair of Noftrils, and a fmall Mouth: 
It is a very thin Fifh, and very bony : He is of a very- 
fine tranfparent White, and thence called by us a Silver- 
fifh. We failed from the Ifland Le Grand December 8. re- 
folving not to touch any more till we arrived at the Ifland 
Juan Fernandez, in the South Seas. On the 29th of the 
fame Month, we failed near the Iflands of Sebaldt de Weert ; 
from which Ifland there came a very remarkable Bird, which, 
becaufe it pleafed me very much then, I will now deferibe. 
It was about the Bignefs of a Duck, and of a very fine 
white Colour ; his Bill yellow, and, both above and below 
the Bill, were long grey Hairs like Whifkers; and, inftead 
of Feathers at the Bottom of his Eyelids, he had fhort ftiff 
Hairs, which were black. 
6. We profecuted our Voyage for the South Seas till Ja- 
nuary 4. 1704. when, in the Latitude of 57 0 508, we met 
with a moft dreadful Storm, in which we were feparated 
from our Confort the Cinque-ports , which added to the 
Number of our Uneafineffes, and put the Seamen much 
out of Humour. On the 20th of the fame Month, we 
were in the Latitude 6o° 51' South •, and, believing that 
we had now doubled Cape Horn , we tacked and flood to 
the Northward. On February 4. we faw the Ifland la 
Moucha, in the Latitude of 38° 30' South. This Ifland 
is very well inhabited by Indians, who are always at AA 7 ar 
with the Spaniards , and indeed with all white Men, be- ' 
caufe 
