148 The V O Y 
4th of July at Noon, the two Elands of Faro bore South- 
eaft, diftant about eight Leagues. We then, fleering 
North' eafi, had Ground at eighty Fathom, fmall Pieces 
of broken Shells. All laft Night we kept firing a Gun 
every Half-hour, to give notice to the Cruifers, whom 
. we expected to meet here. On the 5th, according to our 
Expectations, we met with our Convoy, which had been 
cruifing for us ; they confided of eight butch Men of War, 
four Victuallers, and three of the Company’s Privateers : 
After mutual Salutations, we proceeded to the South-eaft- 
ward, being all bound for Amsterdam: And, on the 15th 
of July? we all arrived fafely in the T exel ; and, on the 
17 th, we got to Amjterdam. After which, myfelf, and 
the reft of our Company, went to fee feveral Parts of 
Holland: And, on the 26th of Augujl 1706, after many 
Dangers both by Sea and Land, we happily arrived in 
England , being but eighteen out of one hundred eighty- 
three. The News of our Misfortunes reached home 
before us, and every body was folicitous to have an Ac- 
count of what had befallen us in the Eajl Indies , and efpe- 
cially in the 1(1 and of Amboyna , under the Power of the 
Hutch. Thefe Importunities led me into an Opinion, that 
as complete an Account of our Voyage, as it was in my 
Power to give, might not be unacceptable to the Public ; 
which occafioned the Pains I have taken in compiling this 
fmall Work ; wherein, as there are many Adventures not 
altogether unentertaining, fo I hope, that fome of the 
Defcriptions, Obfervations, and Difcoveries, may with 
Juftice be thought ufeful. 
40. It has hitherto been the juft Complaint of fuch as 
read Voyages with Attention, that they are often left in 
the Dark, as to very material Circumftances, while, at the 
fame time, they are more than fufficiently informed as to 
Circumftances of very little or no Importance. I have 
often wondered, that, confidering the many Editions 
through which Hampier s Voyages have palled, there never 
was any Care taken to fupply their vifible Deficiencies. 
The Reafons are very evident to me, why Hamper did 
not publifh this laft Voyage of his to the South Seas. If 
he had fpoken the Truth, he muft have done himfelf no 
great Credit ; and, if he had attempted to impofe Falf- 
hoods on the World, his Officers weremoft of them alive, 
and ready to contradict him : He chofe, therefore, and I 
think it the moft prudent Choice he ever made in his Life, 
to be abfolutely filent. This Silence, however, gives not 
the leaft Satisfaction to the Reader, who, no doubt, would 
be glad to be informed of all the Tranfactions of that 
Voyage, of which Mr. Funnell has related only a Part ; 
though, to fay the Truth, that was all in his Power. 
This Talk I fhall endeavour to perform the beft I can, 
having taken a great deal of Pains to fatisfy myfelf in thefe 
Particulars. The Reader may remember, that, the 19th 
of May 1704, Captain Hamper , in the St. George , left 
his Confort, Captain Stradling , in the Cinque-ports , at the 
King's IJland , in the Bay of Panama ; after which, we 
hear no more of them. The Force that Captain Stradling 
had with him was very infignificant, and, therefore, they 
could not maintain themfelves long in the South Seas ; which 
drove them, for the fake of Shelter and Refrefhment, to 
the Eland of Juan Fernandez ; and in fuch a Condition 
they were when they came thither, that honeft Alexander 
Selkirk chofe rather to ftay by himfelf in that Ifland, than 
run the Hazard of returning into the South Seas on board 
the Cinque-ports : In which he fhewed a great deal of Judg- 
ment ; for the Cinque-ports actually foundered on the Coaft 
of Babacora , and only Captain Stradling , and fix or feven 
of his Men, were faved, and fent Prifoners to Lima , 
where Captain Stradling was adually living at the time 
Captain Rogers came into the South Seas ; but what be- 
came of him afterwards, I cannot fay. The next Perfon 
that left our famous Captain, was his Mate, Mr. Clippinton , 
as he calls him ; but the Gentleman’s Name was John Clip- 
perton , of whom we fhall have Oceafion to fay much in a 
fucceeding Voyage. Lie was certainly a Man of Parts and 
Spirit, and, in all human Probability, would not have left 
Captain H ampler , if he had not thought, that he would 
obftinately remain in the South Seas in his old crafy Ship 
the StS George, till fine foundered; and, finding that a 
great Part of the Crew were of the fame Opinion, thought 
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proper to leave him at the Middle Elands, where he was ca- 
reening ; and where it was plain to all who faw her, the St . 
George was no longer fit to put to Sea. This was on Sept. 2 . 
1 704 ; and Mr. 'Clipper ton had now with him no more than 
twenty-one Men, in a Bark of ten Tons, with two Mails, 
and two Square-fails, two Pattereroes, and two or three 
Barrels of Powder and Shot; yet he ventured into Rio 
Leon , on the Coaft of Mexico , where he took two Spanijh 
Ships at Anchor : One was very old and worm-eaten, for 
which Reafon he ordered her to be immediately funk ; the 
other Ship was new, and had on board her Goods to a con- 
fiderable Value. Captain Clipper ton therefore, for fo he was 
now called, fent on fhore two of his Prifoners, with a Let- 
ter to the Spanijh Governor, demanding ten thoufand Pieces 
of Eight, by way of Ranfom for that Ship. The Pri- 
foners fpoke fo handibmely of Clipperton, that the Governor 
refolved to treat with him ; and therefore fent him Word, 
that he did not think his Propofition tinreafonable ; but that, 
as the Owners were abfolutely ruined, and the Town very 
poor, it was impoffible for him to comply with it ; but if 
4000 Pieces of Eight, which was all they could raife, 
would content him, it fhould be Lent aboard in ready Mo- 
ney, and they would rely upon his Honour for the Dis- 
charge of the Ship. Captain Clipper ton accepted the Pro- 
pofal ; but, at the fame time, informed the Governor, that 
they were in great want of Proviftons and Water • and there- 
fore expected, that whatever could be eat or drank, Ihould 
not be included in the Capitulation. This was very readily 
agreed to, the Money fent on board the next Morning, and* 
as foon as the Proviftons could be got out of her, the Ship 
was very honourably reftored. Captain Clipperton failed 
from thence to the Gulph of Salinas , where they -drew 
their little Velfel afhore, in order to clean and refit her, 
which they did very effectually ; and then refolved* even 
in this Cockle-fhell of a Boat, to fail for the Eajl Indies ; 
which they did, and, keeping in the Latitude of 18 0 North, 
reached the Philippine Elands in fifty-four Days. While 
they were among thefe Elands, there came off a Canoe* 
with a Spanijh Prieft in it, whom they detained till they 
were furnifhed with frefh Proviftons, and then fet him at 
Liberty. The next Scheme they formed, was to go to 
the Englijh Settlement at Pulo Condone , which lies in the 
Latitude of 8° 40' North; and accordingly came thither: 
But, underftanding that the Englijh had been maffacred 
by their Indian Soldiers on March 3. 1705, they found 
there was no Safety to be expected there ; and therefore in- 
ftantly bore away for Macao , a Port belonging to the Por- 
tuguese in China , where they all fihifted for themfelves as» 
well as they could. Some went to Benjar , in order to en- 
ter into the Eajl India Company’s Service ; others to Goa, 
to ferve the Portuguefe ; and fome entered into the Pay of 
the Great Mogul ; for, after fo long a Voyage, they were 
fo bare, that any Means of providing for themfelves appeared 
very agreeable. As for Captain Clipperton , he returned to 
England in 1706. and lived afterwards to make another 
Voyage round the World in the Succefs , of which, in its 
proper Place, we fhall give an Account. It is requifite, in 
the mean time, to go back again to Captain Hampier , in 
order to fhew what became of him, after fo great a Part of 
his Ship’s Company had deferred him. It is not eafy to 
conceive a Man in a worfe Situation, than Mr. Hampier 
found himfelf at the time Mr. Funnell and his People left 
him. It was at the Clofe of the Year 1704, they took 
this Refolution ; and all the People that it was in the 
Power of Hampier to keep with him were but twenty-eight ; 
and even thefe he prevailed upon to ftay, by reprefenting, 
that there was nothing eafier than to make their Fortunes 
by furpriftng fome fmall Spanijh Village; and that the 
fewer there were of them, the fewer there would be to 
fhare the Booty. After fome Confultation, they refolved 
to attack Puna , an Hamlet or Village confiding of about 
thirty Houfes, and a fmall Church. There is a Lieutenant 
who commands there, and the Inhabitants were pretty well 
to pafs. Accordingly he landed in a dark Night, fur- 
prifed the Inhabitants in their Beds, and fo took Poffeffion 
of the Place with very little Trouble. After plundering 
this Town, they repaired to the Eland of Lobos de la Mar , 
in order to confider what they fhould do next ; and, by 
the Way, took a fmall Spanijh Bark, well furnifhed with 
Proviftons, 
