OF

HIS SHIPWRECK,

AND CONSEQUENT

DISCOVERY OF CERTAIN ISLANDS IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA:

WITH A DETAIL OF

MANY EXTRAORDINARY AND HIGHLY INTERESTING EVENTS
IN HIS LIFE,

LENOX LIBRARY

NEW YORK

CONTENTS

OF

THE THIRD VOLUME.

CHAPTER I..

Reception of the Porghee and sloop of war on entering the

island harbour.-Diego's exposé on the state of the settlement.

-Rota's account to her lady of affairs during her absence.

-The two old negroes' desire of distinction.-Adjutant-

General Craig, and his army of three.-Visits of ceremony

between the governor of the islands and the captain of the

Shark sloop of war.-A great dinner at Peccary Field House.

-Drake and Otway make a survey of the islands.-Seaward

and his lady visit the Germans.-His fine speech to them-

how much of it they understood.-Military muster, and a

great feast to the people.-Sir Edward's commission read to

them.-The captain of the Shark's reflections on what he wit-

nessed. He and his sloop depart .

CHAPTER II.

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Affairs of the settlement.-Mr. Seaward sails for Jamaica.-

The German colony.-Plan for educating the children.-

Dr. Gordon.-Buildings projected.-Gordon's choice of a

site for his house.-Plan for cutting a pass between German

Town and Peccary Field.-A Dutch galliot arrives-ill con-

sequences among the Germans.-The Porghee fitted as a

vessel of war.-Drake sails for the Mosquito-shore.-Returns

with Indian chiefs, asses, and mules-sails for Jamaica with

the chiefs.-Smallpox appears in the settlement-method of

treating it.-The Porghee returns, bringing deer and turkeys

from the Mosquito-shore.-A fête-champêtre at the Cocoa-

nut Grove.

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Three vessels arrive.-Sir Edward Seaward ordered to Porto
Bello-goes in the Porghee, accompanied by a king's cutter