2,000,000 lbs.
of tobacco annually. (Bibl. Nat., Nouv. Acq., 9325, f. 258).]

[Footnote 394: C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 347, 375, 383, 1497; S.P.
Spain, vol. 65, f. 102.]

[Footnote 395: A small island east of Curacao, in latitude 12 deg. north,
longitude 67 deg. 41' west.]

[Footnote 396: Saint Yves, G. Les campagnes de Jean d'Estrees dans la
mer des Antilles, 1676-78; _cf._ also C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 604,
642, 665, 687-90, 718, 741 (xiv., xv.), 1646-47.

According to one story, the Dutch governor of Curacao sent out three
privateers with orders to attend the French fleet, but to run no risk of
capture. The French, discovering them, gave chase, but being
unacquainted with those waters were decoyed among the reefs.]

[Footnote 397: C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 1646-47.]

[Footnote 398: Dampier says of this occasion: "The privateers ... told
me that if they had gone to Jamaica with L30 a man in their Pockets,
they could not have enjoyed themselves more. For they kept in a Gang by
themselves, and watched when the Ships broke, to get the Goods that came
from them; and though much was staved against the Rocks, yet abundance
of Wine and Brandy floated over the Riff, where the Privateers waited to
take it up. They lived here about three Weeks, waiting an Opportunity to
transport themselves back again to Hispaniola; in all which Time they
were never without two or three Hogsheads of Wine and Brandy in their
Tents, and Barrels of Beef and Pork."--Dampier, _ed._ 1906, i. p. 81.]

[Footnote 399: Charlevoix, _op. cit._, liv. viii. p. 120.]

[Footnote 400: Bibl. Nat., Nouv. Acq., 9325, f. 260; Charlevoix, _op.
cit._, liv. viii. p. 122.]

[Footnote 401: Ibid., p. 119; C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 815, 869;
Beeston's Journal, 18th October 1678.]

[Footnote 402: C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 569, 575, 618.]

[Footnote 403: Ibid., No. 770.]

[Footnote 404: Ibid., Nos. 622, 646.]

[Footnote 405: C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 770, 815, 1516: Beeston's
Journal, 18th October 1678.]

[Footnote 406: The Spanish ambassador, Don Pedro Ronquillo, in his
complaint to Charles II. in September 1680, placed the number at 1000.
(C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, No. 1498.)]

[Footnote 407: C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 1150, 1188, 1199, 1516;
Beeston's Journal, 29th September and 6th October 1678. Lord Carlisle,
in answer to the complaints of the Spanish ambassador, pretended
ignorance of the source of the indigo thus admitted through