Chap. I. 
eldeft Daughter, a. pretty young Woman, of about Eigh- 
teen, was newly married, and had her Hufband with her. 
We afligned them the great Cabin aboard the Galleon •, 
and none were buffered to intrude amongft them, or to 
feparate their Company : Yet the Hufband (I was told) 
ihewed evident Marks of Jealoufy, the Spaniards epidemic 
Difeafe. But, I hope, he had not the leaft Reafon for it 
amongft us, my third Lieutenant Glendall alone having 
Charge of the Galleon and Prifoners ; for, being above fifty 
Years of Age, he appeared to be the moft fecure Guar- 
dian to Females, that had the leaft Charms, tho 5 all our 
young Men had hitherto appeared modeft, beyond Example 
amongft Privateers: Yet we thought it improper to expofe 
them to Temptations. At this time, Lieutenant Conneley , 
who behaved him fell fo modeftly to the Ladies of Guiaquil , 
was fome Days in Pofieffion of Navarre’s Ship, before we 
flopped here to remove thefe Prifoners aboard the Galleon, 
where he gained their Thanks, and public Acknowledg- 
ments, for his Civilities to thefe Ladies ; and even the 
Hufband extolled him. We had notice thefe Ladies had 
fome concealed Treafure about them, and ordered a Fe- 
male Negro, that we took, and who fpoke Englijh , to fearch 
them narrowly •, and found fome Gold Chains, and other 
Things, cunningly hid under their Cloaths. They had be- 
fore delivered to Captain Courtney Plate, and other things, 
of good Value. We gave them moft of their Wearing- 
apparel and NecefTaries, with three Female Mullatto Slaves, 
and parted very friendly. They confeffed to our People, 
who put them on fhore, that we had been much civiller than 
they did expefl, or believed their Countrymen would have 
been in the like Cafe ; and fent back the Hufband with 
Gold, to purchafe fome Goods and two Slaves of us. The 
Jfland of Gorgona has been more than once defcribed, and 
therefore it is needlefs to trouble the Reader with it here ; 
for which Reafon we lhall proceed in the Hiftory of the 
Voyage. 
28. Auguft 11. we failed, and, the next Morning, came 
up with a Bark which created fo much Uneafmefs ; and 
put Mr. Selkirk and his Crew on beard her. As our Ships 
were but very thinly manned, and there was likely to be 
more Aftion than fince we had been in thefe Seas, it was 
therefore thought advifeable to recruit a little ; which, con- 
iidering where we were,- will feem a little extraordinary : 
But the Myftery will be very foon explained, by my telling 
the Reader, that, on the 16th, we muttered the Negroes 
on board the Duke , and found them thirty-live, ftrong able 
Fellows, fit for Service. When they were together, I told 
them, that, if they would behave bravely, and adt faith- 
fully, their Slavery was at an End •, on which thirty-two of 
them engaged, and defired they might be improved in the 
Ufe of Arms, which fome of them already underftood ; 
adding, that, if I would allow them Arms and Powder, 
thefe would teach the reft. Upon, this, I made Michael 
Kendall , the Jamaica free Negro, who deferred from the 
Spaniards to us at Gorgona , their Leader ; and charged him 
to be continually exercifing them, becaufe I did not know 
how foon we might meet with an Enemy. I took down 
the Names of thole that had any •, and thofe that wanted, 
I bellowed Names on them ; and, to confirm our Contract, 
I made them drink a Dram all round, to our good Succefs. 
At the fame time, I gave them Bays for Cloaths •, and told 
them, they mull look upon themfelves as Engliflomen , and 
no more as Negro Slaves to the Spaniards : At which they 
exprelTed themfelves highly pleated. The next Morning, 
we lav/ a Sail ; and both the Duchefs and we gave Chace, 
and took her in an Hour’s time. She was a Veffel of feventy 
Ton, and had four-and-twenty Negroes, Men and Women, 
in her. After this, we Hood over to the Bay of Jecames , 
where the Indians are free ; and, with much-ado, by the 
Help of a Pndl, entered on Trade with them. On the 
27th, we began to heel and clean our Ships Bottoms; and 
ferit feveral of our beft Sailors, and two Carpenters, to affift 
the Marquis ■ afliore. Our Men kept one half at Arms, 
while the reft loaded the Boats, left the Indians , who are 
generally treacherous, fhoifd watch an Opportunity to fall 
on them. .Our People, that came off the Shore, took par- 
ticular^Notice, that the red Paint, with which, the Indians 
were nrft daubed, was a Declaration of War ; and, after 
we had amicably treated with them, they rubbed it off ; but 
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frill kept their Arms. We fent them three large wooden 
Spanifh Saints, that we had out of Morel! s Ship, to adorn 
their Church; which they accounted a great Prefent : And 
I fent a feathered Cap to the chief Indian $ Wife ; which 
was like wife very well accepted : And I had a Prefent of 
Bows and Arrows in Requital, In the mean time, our 
Linguift and Prifoner managed their Bufinefs beyond Ex- 
pectation, felling very ordinary Bays at one Piece of Eight 
and an half per Yard, and other things in Proportion; fo 
that we had Provifions very cheap. On September 1. we 
failed from thence ; and, on the 6th, Captain Courtney , 
Captain Cooke , and Captain D ampler, dined on board of 
me, when Captain Cooke complained of his Ship being crank ; 
and that we need not have tacked fo near the Shore, fince 
we might eafily have- fetched the Gallapagos without tack- 
ing. All agreed to this, except our Pilot, who was pofi- 
tive of feeing other Lands about 100 or 110 Leagues from 
the Main, under the Equinox. He told us, he was at them 
formerly, and has defcribed them in one of his Voyages ; 
and that thofe Iflands we were at, lay to the Weft of them : 
But we judged him miftaken, or we had feen them in the 
laft Runs to and from thefe Ifiands. On the 8th, we ran 
over and beyond where our Pilot affirmed the Iflands were ; 
fo that we all agreed, that the Eland he was at, when a 
Bucanneering, could be no other, but thofe we were at, and 
were going to now, the neareft Part of them lying 165 
Leagues to the Weftward of the Main-land. The fame 
Day, we made one of the Gallapagos Iflands ; and, the next 
Day, hoifted out our Pinnace : Captain Dover and Mr. Glen- 
dall went in her for the Shore. The Duchefs’ s Pinnace re- 
turned very foon, laden with Turtles. In the mean time, 
we came to an Anchor in about thirty Fathom Water, about 
two Miles off Shore, being rocky at Bottom. In letting 
go the Anchor, the Buoy-rope was immediately cut off, and 
our Ship drove ; fo that we thought our Cable was alfo cut : 
But, after driving about half a Mile, the Ship rode very 
well. In the Evening, our Boats, that left us after we 
came to an Anchor, returned, laden with excellent T urtle. 
We fent our Yawl and fome Men alhore, to turn thefe Crea- 
tures in the Night : But to no Purpofe ; becaufe we after- 
wards found, they only came afhore in the Day. I fent our 
Pinnace, and Lieutenant Fry, to found out a better Anchor- 
ing-place, while we hove up the Anchor, and came to Sail. 
Our Boat returned ; and, by ten o’Clock, we had our Ship 
again to an Anchor within lefs than a Mile of the Shore, 
right againft a white fandy Bay. I went afliore in the Pin- 
nace, and carried Men to walk round the Bay, to get Tur- 
tles. The Ifland is high, like the reft ; but fome low Land 
on this Side down to the Sea. It is very rocky, dry, and 
barren, without Water, like thofe we had already feen. On 
the 1 2th, I fent to the Duchefs , who was at an Anchor a 
good Diftance from us, to know how they were flocked 
with Turtle. At ten the Boat returned, with an Account, 
that they had about 150 Land and Sea Turtles ; but not 
generally fo large as ours. We had no Land Turtles as yet ; 
but about 150 Sea Turtles. The Marquis had the worft 
Luck. On the 13th, the Duchefs’ s People having informed 
us where they got their Land Turtles, I fent our Pinnace, 
which, at Night, returned with thirty-feven, tind fome Salt 
they found in a Pond ; and the Yawl brought twenty Sea 
Turtles: So that we were very full of them. Some of the 
largeft of the Land Turtles are about 100 Pounds Weight ; 
and thofe of the Sea upwards of 400. The Land Turtles 
laid Eggs on our Deck. Our Men brought fome from the 
Shore, about the Bignefs of a Goofe’s Egg, white, with a 
large thick Shell, exactly round. The Creatures are the 
uglieft in Nature ; the Slid! not unlike the Top of an old 
Hackney-coach, as black as Jet ; and fo is the outfide 
Skin, but fhriveled, and very rough. The Legs and Neck 
are long, and about the Bignefs of a Man’s Writ! ; and they 
have Club-feet, as big as one’s Fift, ffiaped much like thofe 
of an Elephant, with five thick Nails on the Fore-feet, and 
but four behind ; and the Head little, and Vifage final], 
like Snakes ; and. look very old and black. When at firft 
furprifed, they Ihrihk their Neck, Head, and Legs, under 
their Shell. Two of our Men, with Lieutenant Stratton, 
and the Trumpeter of the Duchefs , affirm they law vaft 
large ones of this fort, about four Feet high. They mounted 
two Men on the Back of one of them, which, with its 
yfual 
Captain W oodes Rogers. 
