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A Friendly Intercourse Was However Established Between The English And The Natives, And Trade Took Place With Them Till The 17th, When The Natives Attacked The English Suddenly, But Were Beat Off With Heavy Loss, While None Of The English Were Hurt.

[Footnote 157:

Gorgona is in long. 78 deg. 33' Guam in 216 deg. 40', both W. from Greenwich. The difference of longitude is 138 deg. 07', which gives 9530 statute miles, or 2762 marine leagues, so that the computation in the text is considerably too short. - E.]

On the 19th the Spanish governor of the island came to a point of land not far from the ship, whence he sent his boat on board with three copies of the same letter, in Spanish, French, and Dutch, desiring to know who they were, whence they came, and whither they were bound. Captain Eaton answered in French, saying that they had been fitted out by some gentlemen in France to make discoveries, and were come in quest of provisions. In reply the governor invited Captain Eaton on shore, who landed with a guard of twenty men doubly armed, and was politely received. On the 18th the governor sent ten hogs on board, together with a prodigious quantity of potatoes, plantains, oranges, papaws, and red pepper, in return for which Captain Eaton sent a diamond ring to the governor worth twenty pounds, and gave swords to several Spanish gentlemen who came off with the provisions. Next day the governor sent to procure some powder, of which he was in want, as the natives were in rebellion, and Captain Eaton gave him two barrels, for which to the value of 1400 dollars were offered in gold and silver, but Eaton refused to accept the money, in consequence of which the governor sent him a diamond ring, worth fifty pounds.

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