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 told that the Spaniards were forbidden to trade with any other nation; but the authorities agreed to supply him with provisions and water; and in the end Hawkyns also received payment for a number of his negroes. At Rio de la Hacha, by a display of force, Hawkyns again obliged the Spaniards to trade with him, and thus disposed of more negroes.

SIR JOHN HAWKYNS, KT.

(From the 'Hervologia.')

On the 31st of May, 1565, the English adventurers departed from the South American coast, sighted Jamaica and Cuba, and arrived at the river in Florida where the French, under Laudonier, had built a fort. Hawkyns found these settlers in want of provisions, and presented them with supplies of meal and beans, and also with one of his barques, to help them on their return. Taking leave of the Frenchmen, Hawkyns began his homeward voyage on the 28th of July, and arrived at Padstow on the 20th of September, 1565. This second voyage of Hawkyns was also profitable, and encouraged the adventurers to tempt fortune a third time.