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　　We took twenty as stout fellows with us as any in the ship, besidesthe supercargo and myself, and we landed two hours before midnight,at the same place where the Indians stood drawn up in the eveningbefore. I landed here, because my design, as I have said, waschiefly to see if they had quitted the field, and if they had leftany marks behind them of the mischief we had done them, and Ithought if we could surprise one or two of them, perhaps we mightget our man again, by way of exchange.

　　W.A. - Yes, He can: He can do all things.

　　I could not but feel great satisfaction that I was arrived in acountry governed by Christians; for though the Muscovites do, in myopinion, but just deserve the name of Christians, yet such theypretend to be, and are very devout in their way. It wouldcertainly occur to any reflecting man who travels the world as Ihave done, what a blessing it is to be brought into the world wherethe name of God and a Redeemer is known, adored, and worshipped;and not where the people, given up to strong delusions, worship thedevil, and prostrate themselves to monsters, elements, horrid-shaped animals, and monstrous images. Not a town or city we passedthrough but had their pagodas, their idols, and their temples, andignorant people worshipping even the works of their own hands. Nowwe came where, at least, a face of the Christian worship appeared;where the knee was bowed to Jesus: and whether ignorantly or not,yet the Christian religion was owned, and the name of the true Godwas called upon and adored; and it made my soul r

　　W.A. - Ay, sir, with such force as is not to be resisted.

o, a man of good sense, and, as I believe, of greatlearning.

ll advantages:I pleased myself with being the patron of the people I placedthere, and doing for them in a kind of haughty, majestic way, likean old patriarchal monarch, providing for them as if I had beenfather of the whole family, as well as of the plantation. But Inever so much as pretended to plant in the name of any governmentor nation, or to acknowledge any prince, or to call my peoplesubjects to any one nation more than another; nay, I never so muchas gave the place a name, but left it as I found it, belonging tonobody, and the people under no discipline or government but myown, who, though I had influence over them as a father andbenefactor, had no authority or power to act or command one way orother, further than voluntary consent moved them to comply. Yeteven this, had I stayed there, would have done well enough; but asI rambled from them, and came there no more, the last letters I hadfrom any of them were by my partner's means, who afterwards sentanother sloop to the place, and who sent me word, t

ng their canoesat the east end of the island, came ranging along the shore,directly towards the place, to the number of two hundred and fifty,as near as our men could judge. Our army was but small indeed;but, that which was worse, they had not arms for all their number.The whole account, it seems, stood thus: first, as to men,seventeen Spaniards, five Englishmen, old Friday, the three slavestaken with the women, who proved very faithful, and three otherslaves, who lived with the Spaniards. To arm these, they hadeleven muskets, five pistols, three fowling-pieces, five muskets orfowling-pieces which were taken by me from the mutinous seamen whomI reduced, two swords, and three old halberds.

　　"Sir," says he, "asking your pardon for such freedom, you are rightin this, that, it being done in your absence, you could not becharged with that part of the crime; but, I beseech you, flatternot yourself that you are not, therefore, under an obligation to doyour utmost now to put an end to it. You should legally andeffectually marry them; and as, sir, my way of marrying may not beeasy to reconcile them to, though it will be effectual, even byyour own laws, so your way may be as well before God, and as validamong men. I mean by a written contract signed by both man andwoman, and by all the witnesses present, which all the laws ofEurope would decree to be valid."

　　The first thing our old Portuguese pilot did for us was to get usacquainted with three missionary Romish priests who were in thetown, and who had been there some time converting the people toChristianity; but we thought they made but poor work of it, andmade them but sorry Christians when they had done. One of thesewas a Frenchman, whom they called Father Simon; another was aPortuguese; and a third a Genoese. Father Simon was courteous, andvery agreeable company; but the other two were more reserved,seemed rigid and austere, and applied seriously to the work theycame about, viz. to talk with and insinuate themselves among theinhabitants wherever they had opportunity. We often ate and drankwith those men; and though I must confess the conversion, as theycall it, of the Chinese to Christianity is so far from the trueconversion required to bring heathen people to the faith of Christ,that it seems to amount to little more than letting them know thename of Christ, and say some prayers to the Virgin Mary and h