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"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.
As a young French Officer joins De Graff, at St.Domingo—Cruises round Carthagena—Crosses theIsthmus—Hardships—Joins the Buccaneer Fleet—Grogniet,the French Captain—Previous history of hisLife—Fight with Greek mercenaries on the island—TakeLa Seppa—Engagement off Panama—Take PueblaNueva—Separate from English—Capture Leon—SackChiriquita—Burn Granada—Storm Villia—Surprisedby river ambuscade—Treachery of Greek spy—Capturevessels—Behead Spanish prisoners—Letter of SpanishPresident—Burning of the Savannahs—Quarrel betweenFrench and English—Attack on Quayaquilla—Loveadventure of De Lussan—Retreat of French Buccaneersby land over the Isthmus of Darien—Passagefrom North to South Pacific—Great danger—Passbetween the mountains—Daring stratagem of De Lussan—Escape—Theriver of the torrents—Rafts—Arrives atSt. Domingo 1
CHAPTER II.—THE LAST OF THE BROTHERHOOD.
Sieur de Montauban—Cruises on the coast of Guinea—CapturesEnglish man-of-war—Escape from explosion—Lifewith the negro king—Laurence de Graff—Hisvictories—Enters the French service—Treachery—Buccaneersivjoin in French expedition and takeCarthagena—Buccaneer marksmen—Robbed of spoil—Returnand retake the city—Capture by English andDutch fleets, 1698—Buccaneers wrecked with D'Estrees—Grammonttakes Santiago—Captures Maracaibo,Gibraltar, and Torilla—Lands at Cumana—Enters theFrench service—Lost in a fare