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<c Master Hawkins himself went as general; the 
“ Swallow, of 100 tunnes, and the Jonas, a bark 
“ of 40 tunnes; in which small fleete. Master 
? e Hawkins took with him 100 men.” 
Eiawkins sailed from England for Sierra Leona, 
in the month of October 1562, and in a short time 
after his arrival on the coast, got into his possession, 
partly (says Hakluyt) by the sword, and partly by 
other means, to the number of 300 negroes, be¬ 
sides other merchandise, with which he proceeded 
directly for Hispaniola, and touching at different 
ports in that island, disposed of the whole of his 
cargo in exchange for hides, ginger, sugar, and 
some pearls; and arrived in England in Septem¬ 
ber 1563, after a very prosperous voyage, which 
brought great profit to the adventurers. 
The success which had attended this first expe¬ 
dition, appears to have attracted the notice, and 
excited the avarice of the British government; for 
we find Hawkins, in the year following, appointed 
to the command of one of the queen’s ships, the 
Jesus of 700 tons, and with the Solomon, the Ti¬ 
ger, a bark of 50 tons, and the Swallow, a bark of 
30 tons, sent a second time on the same trading 
expedition; but with what part of the profits for 
his own share, is not mentioned. He sailed from 
Plymouth, the 18th of October 1564, and the 
same day joined at sea the Minion, another of the 
-queen’s ships, commanded by captain David Carlet, 
