ruggedness thereof and the extreme weakness they were under. Unto this
they endeavoured to occur, by eating some leaves of trees and green
herbs, or grass, such as they could pick, for such was the miserable
condition they were in. This day, at noon, they arrived at a plantation,
where they found a barn full of maize. Immediately they beat down the
doors, and fell to eating of it dry, as much as they could devour.
Afterwards they distributed great quantity, giving to every man a good
allowance thereof. Being thus provided they prosecuted their journey,
which having continued for the space of an hour or thereabouts, they met
with an ambuscade of Indians. This they no sooner had discovered, but
they threw away their maize, with the sudden hopes they conceived of
finding all things in abundance. But after all this haste, they found
themselves much deceived, they meeting neither Indians nor victuals, nor
anything else of what they had imagined. They saw notwithstanding on the
other side of the river a troop of a hundred Indians more or less, who
all escaped away through the agility of their feet. Some few Pirates
there were who leapt into the river, the sooner to reach the shore to
see if they could take any of the said Indians prisoners. But all was in
vain; for being much more nimble on their feet than the Pirates they
easily baffled their endeavours. Neither did they only baffle them, but
killed also two or three of the Pirates with their arrows, shooting at
them at a distance, and crying: 'Ha! perros, a la savana, a la savana.
Ha! ye dogs, go to the plain, go to the plain.'

"This day they could advance no further, by reason they were
necessitated to pass the river hereabouts to continue their march on the
other side. Hereupon they took up their repose for that night. Howbeit
their sleep was not heavy nor profound, for great murmurings were heard
that night in the camp, many complaining of Captain Morgan and his
conduct in that enterprise, and being desirous to return home. On the
contrary, others would rather die there than go back one step from what
they had undertaken. But others who had greater courage than any of
these two parties did laugh and joke at all their discourses. In the
meanwhile they had a guide who much comforted them, saying: 'It would
not now be long before they met with people, from whom they should reap
some considerable advantage.'

"The seventh day in the morning they all made clean their arms,