d with the success of the earlier part of
the expedition. Trouin had left Bahia to be visited and plundered on his
return, but when he came near it the weather was so stormy that he was
obliged to abandon this part of his plan. The storms followed the fleet on
its way across the seas, and rose to such a height that two of his ships
went to the bottom, carrying down twelve hundred men. One of these was the
finest ship of the fleet, and in consequence had been laden with the most
valuable booty. Of gold and silver alone it took down with it a weight
valued at six hundred thousand livres. A third vessel went ashore and was
wrecked at Cayenne. Yet with all these losses, so much wealth was brought
home that the speculators in spoil made a profit of ninety-two per cent.
on their investment.

The French had won in large measure revenge and plunder, while Trouin had
gained his meed of fame. It was now Portugal's time for vengeance, and it
was visited principally on the worthless governor to whose cowardice the
disaster was due. He had been praised and rewarded for the victory over
Duclerc' s expedition--praise and reward which he certainly did not
deserve. For very similar conduct he was now deposed and sentenced to
degradation and perpetual imprisonment, on the charge of cowardice and
lack of judgment. His nephew was banished for life for bad conduct, and a
captain who had given up his fort and fled was hung in effigy. There were
no others to punish, and Portugal was obliged to hold its hand, France
being a foe beyond its reach. Rio had met with a terrible misfortune, from
which it took many years to recover, and rarely have the sanguinary deeds
of a murderous rabble led to so severe a retribution.

THE WONDERFUL MARCH OF THE FREEBOOTERS

The March of the Ten Thousand, from Babylon to the Black Sea, is one of
the famous events of history. The march of the three hundred, from the
Pacific to the Atlantic, which we have here to tell, is scarcely known to
history at all, yet it was marked by a courage and command of resources as
great as those of the ancient Greeks. We think our readers will agree with
us when they read this story, taken from the records of the freebooters on
the Spanish Main.

After ravaging the settlements of Spain on the Atlantic coasts, various
fleets of these piratical adventurers sought the Pacific waters in 1685,
and there for several years made life scarce worth living to the
inhabitants of th