| Note: | Project Gutenberg has the other two volumes of this work. Volume II: see http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38632/38632-h/38632-h.htm Volume III: see http://www.gutenberg.org/files/38633/38633-h/38633-h.htm Images of the original pages are available through the the Google Books Library Project. See http://books.google.com/books?vid=PCYCAAAAYAAJ&id |
"One foot on sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never."
Much Ado about Nothing.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
LONDON:
HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,
SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN,
13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
1855.
LONDON: SERCOMBE AND JACK, 16 GREAT WINDMILL STREET.
CHAPTER I.—THE PRECURSORS OF THE BUCCANEERS.
History of Tortuga—Description of the island—Originof the Buccaneers—Conquest of Tortuga by the Frenchand English—Hunters, planters, and corsairs—LeBasque takes Maracaibo—War with the Spaniards ofHispaniola—The French West Indian Company buyTortuga—Their various governors 1
CHAPTER II.—MANNERS OF THE HUNTERS.
Indian derivation of the word Buccaneer—Flibustier—Thethree classes—Dress of the hunters—West Indianscenery—Method of hunting—Wild dogs—Anecdotes—Wildoxen—Wild boars and wild horses—Buccaneerdainties—Cow-killing, English, French, andSpanish methods—Amusements—Duels—Adventures—Conflictswith the Fifties, or Spanish militia—The huntersdriven to sea—Turn corsairs—The hunters' engagés,or apprentices—Hide curing—Hardships of the bushlife—The planters' engagés—Cruelties of planters—Thematelotage—Huts, manners, and food 35
CHAPTER III.—THE FLIBUSTIERS, OR SEA ROVERS.
Originated in the Spanish persecution of Frenchhunters—Customs—"No peace beyond the line"—"Noprey, no pay"—Pay and pensions—Their helots theivMosquito Indians—Lewis Scott, an Englishman, thefirst Corsair—John Davis takes St. Francis in Campeachy—Theirdebauchery—Gambling—Religion—Classesfrom which they sprang—Equality at sea—Modeof fighting—Food—Dress