being desirous to obey his commands. Many, who had not the convenience of coming
     to him by sea, traversed the woods of Hispaniola, and with no small difficulties
     arrived there by land. Thus all were present at the place assigned, and in readi-
     ness, against the 24th day of October 1670.
     Captain Morgan was not wanting to be there according to his punctual custom, who
     came in his ship to the same side of the island, to a port called by the French
     Port Couillon, over against the island De la Vaca, this being the place which he
     had assigned to others. Having now gathered the greatest part of his fleet, he 
     called a council, to deliberate about the means of finding provisions sufficient
     for so many people. Here they concluded to send four ships and one boat, manned
     with four hundred men, over to the continent, to the intent they should rifle so-
     me country towns  and villages, and in these get all the corn and maize they could
     gather. They set sail for the continent, towards the river De la Hacha, with de-
     sign to assault a small village, called La Rancheria, where is usually to be found
     the greatest quantity of maize of all those parts thereabouts. In the meanwhile
     Captain Morgan sent another party of his men to hunt in the woods, who killed the-
     re a huge number of beasts, and salted them. The rest of his companions remained
     in the ships, to clean, fit and rig them out to sea, so that at the return of tho-
     se who were sent abroad, all things might be in readiness to weigh anchor, and
     follow the course of their designs.

     What happened in the river De la Hacha.

     The four ships abovementioned, after they had set sail from Hispaniola, steered
     their course till they came within sight of the river De la Hacha, where they we-
     re suddenly overtaken with a tedious calm. Being thus within sight of land becal-
     med for days, The Spaniards inhabiting along the coast, who had perceived them to
     be enemies, had sufficient time to prepare themselves for the assault, at least
     to hide the best part of their goods, to the end that, without any care of preser-
     ving them, they might be in readiness to retire, when they found themselves unable