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Port of Sallagua.
his Horfe and rode away, leaving the other to come after afoot. But he being Booted made but flow hafte; therefore 2 of our men fript them- felves, and fwam afhore to take him: but he had a Macheat, or long Knife, wherewith he kept them both from feizing him, they having nothing in their hands wherewith to defend themfelves, or offend him. The 30th day our men came all a- board again; for they could not find any place to land in.
The firft day of December we paffed by the Port of Sallagua. This Port is in lat. 18 d. 52 m. It is only a pretty deep Bay, divided in the middle with a rocky point, which makes, as it were, two Har- bours. Ships may ride fecurely in either, but the Weft Harbour is the beft: there is good anchoring any where in 10 or 12 fathom, and a Brook of frefh Water runs into the Sea. Here we faw a great new thatched Houfe, and a great many Spaniards both Horfe and Foot, with Drums beating, and Co- lours flying, in defiance of us as we thought. We took no notice of them till the next morning, and then we landed about 200 Men to try their Cou- rage: but they prefently withdrew. The Foot ne- ver ftay'd to exchange one fhot, but the Horfemen ftay'd till 2 or 3 were knocked down, and then they drew off; our Men purfuing them: At laft 2 of our Men took 2 Horfes that had loft their Ri- ders, and mounting them, rode after the Spaniards full drive till they came among them, thinking to have taken a Prifoner for Intelligence, but had like to have been taken themfelves: for 4 Spaniards fur- rounded them, after they had difcharged their Pi- ftols, and unhorfed them; and if fome of our beft Footmen had not come to their refcue, they muft have yielded, or have been killed. They were both cut in 2 or 3 places, but their wounds were not mortal. The 4 Spaniards got away before our Men could