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Updated: June 26, 2025
The old man, a dry, drawling, cool, down-easter, laughed in my face for my pains, telling me I had seen one of the sheeting-boards, with which he had had the bottom of the schooner covered, to protect it from the worms, at Campeachy, and that I need be under no concern about the schooner's bottom.
The good news of the death of L'Olonnois had come from Campeachy to Havana, and the people of the latter town also rejoiced greatly.
It was quite right, now, to go there, thought Claude, since destiny led; and so he let it lead both his own steps and the thrumping boots of this dear figure in Campeachy hat and soft untrimmed beard, that followed ever at his side. And then, after all! looking into those quiet black eyes of Zoséphine's, to hear that Marguerite was not there! Gone!
His parentage Early voyages Sails for Jamaica as a planter Visits Bay of Campeachy Turns logwood-cutter His adventures Joins the buccaneers Succeeds Returns to England Marries Again goes to Jamaica Captured by buccaneers, and takes part in several expeditions in the South Sea Recrosses the Isthmus of Darien, and reaches the Samballas Islands Joins Captain Tristan The prizes sold to the Dutch Goes to Virginia Joins the Revenge Captain Cook sails for the South Seas Puts into the Sherbro' River Cook treacherously captures a Dane The name of the Bachelor's Delight given to her Cape Horn doubled Steers for Juan Fernandez Falls in with the Nicholas Meeting of the Mosquito Indians, Will and Robin, at Juan Fernandez Several vessels captured on the coast A design on Truxillo abandoned Death of Cook Buried on shore Narrow escape of the party on shore Davis elected captain Transactions at Amapalla Eaton and Davis separate Davis joined by other pirates Paita attacked and burnt Attempt on Guayaquil abandoned A packet-boat captured Hear of the sailing of the Plata fleet Lay in wait for it off New Panama Attempts of the Spaniards with a fire-ship Large parties of pirates unite Plan to attack Panama Encounters a Spanish fleet Stratagem of the Spaniards to place the pirates in a disadvantageous position The Spanish fleet escapes Lexa and Leon plundered Swan proposes to cross the Pacific Santa Pecaque plundered A large body of the rovers massacred The prisoners set on shore on a desert island The Cygnet prepared for crossing the Pacific Dampier cured of a dropsy.
And now we wanted more hands, so we put away for the Bay of Campeachy, not doubting we should ship as many men there as we pleased; and so we did. Here we sold the sloop that I was in; and Captain Wilmot keeping his own ship, I took the command of the Spanish frigate as captain, and my comrade Harris as eldest lieutenant, and a bold enterprising fellow he was, as any the world afforded.
They then set sail in companies, some for one place, some for another, hoping to find food enough to bring them home. Some went to the eastward, raiding the coast for food, and snapping up small coasting vessels. Some went to the bay of Campeachy to cut logwood and to drink rum punch.
They made up a complement of twenty men, and after rendering the General some little service, in transporting his troops to a place called proceeded on a cruise; took some small prizes off Campeachy; afterwards came on the south coast of Cuba, where they took other small prizes, and the one which we were now on board of.
They arrived off Blewfield's Point thirteen weeks after leaving Campeachy, and, as Dampier says: "I think never any vessel before nor since made such Traverses ... as we did.... We got as much Experience as if we had been sent out on a Design." However, they dropped their anchor "at Nigrill" "about three a Clock in the Afternoon," and sent in the boat for fruit and poultry.
It did not require a long trial to discover that this occupation was not to his taste. So he abandoned his negroes at the end of six months, and went on board a ship bound for the Bay of Campeachy, where he worked for three years at gathering in woods for dyeing.
He was cruising about Campeachy without seeing any craft that was worth capturing, when he thought that it would be very well for him to go out on a sort of marine scouting expedition and find out whether or not there were any Spanish vessels in the bay which were well laden and which were likely soon to come out.
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