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After they had thus "cleared" their vessel, they entered into a contract, called chasse-partie, the articles of which regulated their voyage and the disposition of the booty. They were very minutely made out. Here are some of the awards and reimbursements. The one who discovered a prize earned one hundred crowns; the same amount, or a slave, recompensed for the loss of an eye.
Many times they take the poor fishermen of tortoises, and carrying them to their habitations they make them work so long as the pirates are pleased." The articles which fixed the conditions under which the buccaneers sailed were commonly called the "chasse-partie."
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