38' N. On One Of Which Is Punta De Mangles, Or Cape Mangles,
Resembling One Of The Names In The Text; But From The Context, The
Island For Which They Were Next Bound Appears To Have Been That Now
Called Del Gallo, In Lat.
1 deg.
55' N. not above ten miles south from the
river they proposed to enter. - E.]
[Footnote 227: Barbacoas is one of the provinces of New Granada, having
a town of the same name in the Rio Telemli, which joins the Rio
Patia. - E.]
We arrived at Gorgona on the 13th June, where we anchored in forty
fathoms, and resolved to careen our two ships in succession, beginning
with the Duchess. Our sick men were removed into the galleon, and the
sick officers to the French-built ship. We landed tents for the
cooper's and armourer's crews, and cleared a place for tents to
accommodate the sick on shore. All this was performed with so much
diligence, that by the 28th both ships were careened, caulked, rigged,
and restored fit for sea. On the 29th, we set up tents ashore for the
sick, who were already much recovered, though the Spaniards had
represented this island as unhealthy; yet by walking about on shore they
soon gathered strength enough to return to their duty. We here fitted
out the French-built ship, with twenty guns, putting Captain Cooke into
her, with a crew taken from the other two ships, resolving to carry her
home with us, and to employ her as a third cruizer while in these seas;
and this great work employed us from the 29th June to the 9th July,
calling her the Marquis.
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