At The Same Time, We Put On Board Of This Ship 35 Men From The
Duke, 25 From The Duchess,
And 13 from the Marquis, making in all 73
men, which, with 36 Manilla Indians, called Las-Cars, and some
Other
prisoners we still had remaining, made up her complement to 115 men.
SECTION III
Sequel of the Voyage, from California, by Way of the East Indies, to
England.
WE weighed anchor on the 10th January, 1710, from Porta Leguro, on the
coast of California, but were becalmed under the shore till the
afternoon of the 12th, when a breeze sprang up which soon carried us out
of sight of land. Being very slenderly provided, we were forced to allow
only a pound and a half of flour, and one small piece of beef, to five
men in a mess, together with three pints of water a man, for twenty-four
hours, to serve both as drink and for dressing their victuals. We also
lowered ten of our guns into the hold, to ease our ship. On the 16th the
Bachelor made a signal that she could spare us some additional bread,
having discovered a considerable store of bread and sweet-meats, though
very little flesh meat. Accordingly, we in the Duke had a thousand
weight of bread for our share, the Duchess had as much, and the Marquis
five hundred weight; and in return we sent them two casks of flour, one
of English beef; and one of pork, as they had only left forty-five days
provisions of flesh.
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