ce determined to do, we had met in that voyage with many calms, and such currents,
     that many ships have by them been lost and never heard of to this day. This island
     of Plate is about two leagues in length, and very full of both deep and dangerous
     bays, as also such as we call gullies in these parts. The circumference and de-
     scription of the said island is exactlly thus:

     We caught at this island and salted, good number of goats and tortoises. One man
     standing here on a little bay in one day turned seventeen tortoises; besides which
     number our mosquito strikers brought us in several more. Captain Sharp, our com-
     mander, showed himself very ingenious in striking them, he performing it as well
     as the tortoise strikers themselves. For these creatures here are so little fear-
     ful, that they offer not to sink from the fishermen, but lie still until such time
     as they are struck. But we found that the tortoises on his side were not so large,
     nor so sweet to the taste, as those on the north side of the island. Of goats we
     have taken, killed and salted, above a hundred in a day, and that without any la-
     bour. While we stayed here, we made a square maintopsail yard. We cut also six
     feet off our bowsprit, and three feet more off our head. Most of the time that we
     remained here, we had hazy weather. Only now and then the sun would happen to
     break out, and then to shine so hot that it burnt the skin off the necks of seve-
     ral of our men. As for me, my lips were burnt in such a manner that they were not
     well in a whole week afterwards.

     Captain Sharp and his company depart from the Isle of Plate, in prosecution of
     their voyage towards Arica. They take two Spanish vessels by the way, and learn
     intelligence from the enemy. Eight of their company destroyed at the Isle of Gal-
     lo. Tediousness of this voyage, and great hardships they endured. Description of
     the coast all along, and their sailings.

     Having taken in at the Isle of Plate what provisions and other necessaries we
     could get, we set sail thence on Tuesday, August 17th, 1679, in prosecution of our
     voyage and designs above-mentioned, to take and plunder the vastly rich town of
     Arica. This day we sailed so well, and the same we did for several others after-
     wards, that we were forced to lie by several times, besides reefing our topsails,