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An. 1685
Gorgonia.
one on Captain Davis his Ship, the other on Cap- tain Swan's. We weighed before day, and got out all but Captain Swan's Tender which never budged; for the men were all asleep when we went out, and the Tide of flood coming on before they waked, we were forced to stay for them till the next day.
The 8th day in the morning we descried a sail to the West of us; the Wind was at South, and we chased her, and before noon took her. She was a Ship of about 90 Tun laden with Flower; she came from Truxillio, and was bound to Panama. This Ship came very opportunely to us, for Flower began to grow scarce, and Captain Davis his men grudg'd at what was given to Captain Swan, who, as I said before, had none but what he had from Captain Davis.
We jogged on after this with a gentle gale to- wards Gorgonia, an Island lying about 25 leagues from the Island Gallo. The 9th day we anchored at Gorgonia, on the West side of the Island, in 38 fa- thom, clean ground, not 2 Cables length from the shore. Gorgonia is an uninhabited Island, in lat. a- bout 3 degrees North: It is a pretty high Island, and very remarkable, by reason of 2 saddles, or risings and fallings on the top. It is about 2 leagues long, and a league broad; and it is 4 leagues from the Main: At the West-end is another small Island. The Land against the Anchoring place is low; there is a small sandy Bay and good landing. The Soil or Mold of it is black and deep, in the low ground, but on the side of the high Land it is a kind of a red clay. This Island is very well clothed with large Trees of several sorts, that are flourishing and green all the year. It's very well watered with small Brooks that issue from the high Land. Here are a great many little black Monkeys, some Indian Conies, and a few Snakes, which are all the Land Animals that I know there. It is reported of this Island