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made in the North Seas >, and, therefore, the Spanifh Go- 
vernors have turned their Attention moftly on that 
Side, and, confequently, they negledled this. It muft be 
owned, that Captain Clipperton i V oyage proved a great 
Lofs to his Owners, who did not receive above 2000/. for 
between feven and eight that they laid out : Yet, if we 
confider, that, notwithftanding his Separation from his 
Confort, and many other unlucky Accidents that he met 
With, he actually fecured 6000 /. for his Owners, befides 
5000 1. loft with Captain Mitchell , and one thotifand more, 
for which the Succefs was fold, we fhall find, that he made 
more than a faving Voyage of it ; and that, confequently, 
if both Ships had done their Duty, the Expedition had 
been at leaft as gainful as that of the Duke and Duchefs , 
which coft very little more than this, and which produced 
1 70,000 Pounds, one Moiety of which belonged to the Pro- 
prietors ; which is fufficient to fhew, the ill Turn that this 
Affair took, ought by no means to difcourage us from under- 
taking fueh an Expedition for the future •, fnice we can 
fcaree propofe any other, that has a- Profpedt of being 
more advantageous, or lefs hazardous. I fhall next ob- 
ferve, that the Skill of Captain Clipperton has fully fhewn us, 
that there is nothing extremely dangerous in a Voyage to 
the South Seas. He failed on the 1 5th of February, and 
he entered the Streights of Magellan the 29th of May , 
which makes but feventy-three Days in the Whole, out of 
which we are to take twenty, that he cruifed for his Con- 
fort at the Canaries , and Cape de V irde Iflands ; fo that we 
may very well fuppofe, that, if the Ships had been toge- 
ther^ and had met with none of thefe unlucky Accidents, 
they might in three Months have doubled Cap t Horne. To 
thefe Obfervations I fhall add another, and fo conclude. It 
appears to have been Captain Clipperton' s Intention to have 
eonie home in the Succefs , inftead of felling her at Macao 
for about half what fhe was worth ; and, if he had done 
this,, it is very highly probable, he had faved all the Money 
which was loft in the Portuguefe Eajl Indiaman , and made a 
tolerable Voyage. The contrary Scheme, of felling, de- 
ftroying, and getting home at any Rate, appears to have 
been purfued by Captain Cook , and the Ship’s Company, 
who, provided they got Poffeffion of the Shares they had 
carved out for themfelves, were not in any Pain about the 
Intereft of the Proprietors. This fhews how necefiary it 
is to be fecure as to the Charafters of under Officers, before 
they are employed in Expeditions of this Nature. A Man 
of a narrow and felfifh Difpofirion, who has nothing at 
Heart but the adding to his own Fortune by any Method., 
and at any body's Expence, will never fail to invent, or to 
promote, any Scheme that feems calculated for his own 
Advantage, tho 5 diametrically op po file to the Dellgn of 
the Voyage: And the having a Spirit or two of this Sort, is 
fufficient to difturb and confound any Privateer’s Crew ; 
fince fiich are generally made up of Men low in Birth, 
mean in Underftanding, and neceffitous' in point of For- 
tune., which was the Cafe here, as Captain Betagh acknow- 
ledges in the Account of the Voyage, where he profeftes, 
that, when they left Plymouth , he was fure the Ship’s Com- 
pany could not raife 5 /. amongft them all It is true, there 
might be a Difficulty in getting many Perfons ot Senfe, 
Probity, and in tolerable Circumftances, to undertake a 
Privateering Voyage to the South Seas : But, this is what 
need not be endeavoured; for tolerable Terms, granted to 
half a dozen Seafaring People, would anfwer the End, 
and procure the Captain, or Commander in Chief, Friends 
enough to fupport him, whenever he was in- the Right ; 
for, though it be very eafy to feduce the private Men by 
enfnaring Speeches, yet it rarely happens, that they plot 
and execute any wicked Defign, without the Encourage- 
ment, or Connivence at leaft, of fome of their Officers ; 
but, when once they are fatisfied, that a Party is formed 
amongft them againft the Commander in chief, they are 
always backward in their Duty, think every thing that is 
expedted from them a Hardffiip, and are never to be 
fatisfied as to their Demands of Plunder, &c. As a further 
Proof of this, the Reader need only obferve, that while 
Captain Mitchell , and Mr. Davifon , were on board, there 
fell out none of thefe Difputes, none of thefe Mutinies i 
but, after the unfortunate Bufinefs at Guam , when Captain 
Clipper ton had made fo free with the Glafs, as not to be 
able to command when the Ship was in the utmoft Dangery 
there was an End of Difcipline ; and Cook , who appears to- 
have been raifed on that Occafion to a temporary Com- 
mand, by the Confent of the Ship’s Crew, invefted him- 
felf thenceforward with a Title and Authority of fecond- 
Captain ; and puffied the Bufinefs of ffiaring the Prize- 
money, that he might be confidered in that Quality upon 
the Diftribution of the Money ; which fingle Adt was the 
abfolute Ruin of the Voyage. Such untoward Influence 
may one Man’s Vices; have on the Fortunes of many. 
SECTION XVIII. 
Captain George Shelvocke ? s Voyage round the World from his own Account. 
I. yhe Authors Departure from England, and Separation from Clipperton. 2. Proceed to the Canaries,' 
‘ and Cape de Verd Iflands. 3. Their Arrival at the If and of St. Catharines, on the Goaf of Brafil; 
Proceedings there , and Defcription of that I [land. 4. Difputes and Dif urbane es among the Ship's Crew, 
and the Means taken to appeafe them. y. Continuation of the Voyage to the Streights of le Maire, and 
Pa [age through them. 6. They cruife on the Coafl of Chili, with indifferent Succefs. 7. Arrival at, 
and Defcription of the If and of Chiloe. 8. Arrival in thy Bay of Conception. 9. Sail for the If and 
of Juan Fernandez. 10. Profecute their I oyage , and cruife on the Coaf of Peru. 11. Arrival in, and 
Defcription of the Port of Mica. 12. TranjaBions in the Cruize from thence to Payta. 13. Arrival 
at and Attack of, the Town of Payta. 14. A fmart Engagement with the Spanifh Admiral in the South 
Seas. 1 y. Sail back to the Coaf of Chili, and are Jhipwreck'd on the IftPtid of Juan Fernandez. 1 6. Ac- 
count of their Tranf act ions while forced to remain on that If and. 1 7* Build a Bark there, in order 10 
proceed again into the South Seas . 1 8. Defcription of the If and of Juan Fernandez, in the Condition in 
which they, found it. 19. They attack and make themfelves Mafters pf. Iquique. 20. Take a large ^ 
Spanifh Ship, called the Jefu Maria, on the Coaf of Peru. 21. Continue their Voyage to the If ana of 
Quibo. 22. Their fever al Interviews with Captain Clipperton in the Succefs. 23. Cruife on the Coaf 
of Mexico, and take another large Spanifh Ship, called the Sacra Familia. 24. Sail once more for Quioo, 
and are expofed to great Hardfhips in their Pafage. 25. They are attacked by a font Spanifh Ship, and, 
after an obfinate Difpute, take her. 26. Other Adventures in thofe Seas. . 27. Arrived at Puerto 
Seo-uro, on the Coaf of California. 28. Defcription of the South Part of that Country, and its Inha- 
bit ants, 29. Sail from thence for the Eaft Indies, and arrive fafely at Canton. 30. Proceed jrom 
thence for England, and arrive fafely at London, Auguft 1. 1722. 31. Remarks upon this Voyage. 
I N the Introduction to the former Voyage, I have 
given a large Account of the Motives on which it 
was founded s the original Plan of adting under 
an Imperial Commiffion ; the Reafon why this Plan was 
changed, and Captain Clipperton advanced to the chief 
Command , fo that there needs nothing more on that Subjedt 
- here. 
