s. 650, 663, 697. Seventeen months later, after
the outbreak of the Dutch war, the Jamaicans had a similar scare over an
expected invasion of the Dutch and Spaniards, but this, too, was
dissolved by time into thin air. (C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 887,
1047, 1055, 1062). In this connection, _cf._ Egerton MSS., 2375, f.
491:--Letter written by the Governor of Cumana to the Duke of Veragua,
1673, seeking his influence with the Council of the Indies to have the
Governor of Margarita send against Jamaica 1500 or 2000 Indians, "guay
quies," as they are valient bowmen, seamen and divers.]

[Footnote 345: C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 697, 789, 794, 900, 911;
Beeston's Journal.]

[Footnote 346: Ibid., Nos. 697, 789.]

[Footnote 347: Ibid., Nos. 1212, 1251-5.]

[Footnote 348: Ibid., No. 1259, _cf._ also 1374, 1385, 1394.]

[Footnote 349: Ibid., No. 1379.]

[Footnote 350: Ibid., 1675-76, Nos. 458, 467, 484, 521, 525, 566.]

[Footnote 351: S.P. Spain, vol. 63, f. 56.]

[Footnote 352: C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, No. 1389; _ibid._ 1675-76, No.
564; Add. MSS., 36,330, No. 28.]

[Footnote 353: C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 888, 940.]

[Footnote 354: C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 1178, 1180, 1226; _ibid._,
1675-76, No. 579.]

[Footnote 355: Ibid., 1669-74, No. 1423; _ibid._, 1675-76, No. 707.]

[Footnote 356: Ibid., 1675-76, No. 520.]

[Footnote 357: Ibid.]

[Footnote 358: Ibid., 1669-74, Nos. 1335, 1351, 1424; S.P. Spain, vols.
60, 62, 63.]

[Footnote 359: C.S.P. Colon., 1675-76, No. 643.]

[Footnote 360: Ibid., Nos. 639-643.]

[Footnote 361: Ibid., Nos. 633-635, 729.]

[Footnote 362: Ibid., Nos. 693, 719, 720.]

[Footnote 363: C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74, Nos. 310, 704, iv. It was a very
profitable business for the wood then sold at L25 or L30 a ton. For a
description of the life of the logwood-cutters _cf._ Dampier, Voyages,
_ed._ 1906, ii. pp. 155-56. 178-79, 181 _ff._]

[Footnote 364: Ibid., No. 580.]

[Footnote 365: Ibid., Nos. 587, 638.]

[Footnote 366: Ibid., Nos. 777, 786.]

[Footnote 367: C.S.P. Colon., 1669-74. No. 825.]

[Footnote 368: Ibid., Nos. 819, 943.]

[Footnote 369: Ibid., Nos. 954, 1389. Fernandez Duro (t.v., p. 181)
mentions a Spanish ordinance of 22nd February 1674, which authorized
Spanish corsairs to go out in the pursuit and punishment of pirates.
Periaguas, or large flat-bottomed canoes, were to be constructed for use
in shoal waters. They were to be 90 feet long and from 16 to 18 feet