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 out of her, which might hinder them from attempting to get away.

This Day was pent in a kind of Rejoycing, the Catle firing her Guns to alute the Ship, and the Ship the Catle; but the next Day they minded their Buines, that is, they fell to plundering, but they found Things fall vatly hort of their Expectation; for they dicovered, that a great deal of Money had been lately ent away; however, they met with the Value of about two thouand Pounds Sterling in Bar Gold, and a great many other rich Effects: Every Thing they liked, which was portable, they brought aboard their Ship; ome Things which they had no Ue for, they were o generous to make a Preent of, to the Mater and Crew of the little Sloop, to whom they alo returned his Veel again, and then they fell to work in dimounting the Guns, and demolihing the Fortifications.

After they had done as much Michief as they could, and were weighing Anchor to be gone, they py’d a Ship bearing down upon them in full Sail; they oon got their Anchor’s up, and were in a Readines to receive her. This Ship prov’d to be a French Pyrate of fourteen Guns and ixty four Hands, half French, half Negroes; the Captain’s Name was La Boue; he expected no les than a rich Prize, which made him o eager in the Chace; but when he came near enough to ee their Guns, and the Number of their Hands upon Deck, he began to think he hould catch a Tartar, and uppoed her to be a mall Englih Man of War; however, ince there was no ecaping, he reolved to do a bold and deperate Action, which was to board Davis. As he was making towards her, for this Purpoe, he fired a Gun, and hoited his black Colours; Davis returned the Salute, and hoited his black Colours alo. The French Man was not a little pleaed at this happy Mitake; they both hoited out their Boats, and