- His Iriſh young Man.
- At Rio Pungo, Benjamen Gun.
- At Kidham, George Yeats.
- At Gallyneas, Richard Lemmons.
The Harbour is ſo convenient for Wooding and Watering, that it occaſions many of our trading Ships, eſpecially thoſe of Briſtol, to call in there, with large Cargoes of Beer, Syder, and ſtrong Liquors, which they Exchange with theſe private Traders, for Slaves and Teeth, purchaſed by them at the Rio Nune’s, and other Places to the Northward, ſo that here was what they call good Living.
Hither Roberts came the End of June, 1721, and had Intelligence that the Swallow, and Weymouth, two Men of War, of 50 Guns each, had left that River about a Month before, and deſigned to return about Chriſtmas; ſo that the Pyrates could indulge themſelves with all the Satiſfaction in the World, in that they knew they were not only ſecure whilſt there, but that in going down the Coaſt, after the Men of War, they ſhould always be able to get ſuch Intelligence of their Rendezvous, as would ſerve to make their Expedition ſafe. So after ſix Weeks ſtay, the Ships being cleaned and fitted, and the Men weary of whoring and drinking, they bethought themſelves of Buſineſs, and went to Sea the Beginning of Auguſt, taking their Progreſs down the whole Coaſt, as low as Jaquin, plundering every Ship they met, of what was valuable in her, and ſometimes to be more miſchieviouſly wicked, would throw what they did not want, overboard, accumulating Cruelty to Theft.
In this Range, they exchanged their old French Ship, for a fine Frigate built Ship, call’d the Onſlow, belonging to the Royal African Company, Captain
