Some of these Captains wear the _Scots_ Flag in their Canoa's. There is no such thing as a King or Emperor of _Darien_, nor, so far as we can gather from all the chief Men hereabout, has been these 40 or 50 Years: The old Men remember such a Man, they say he was a Tyrant, would take as many Wives as he pleased, and allow them but one, and therefore they cut him off. This derogates much from the reputation of the _History of the Buccaneers_. If there were such a Man, he has been an _Indian_ made Emperor by themselves, I mean by the _Buccaneers_. This Country certainly affords Gold enough, for besides that the Natives constantly assure us, that they know several Gold Mines on this side; besides that, I say, the Plates they wear in their Noses, and the quantity of Gold that is among them, is enough to perswade any Man of the truth of it. There was one Night aboard here some _Indians_ that had a hundred Ounces of Gold about them. We are certainly much bound to Providence in this affair; for as we were searching for the place we were directed to, we found this, and though the Privateers had been so often at _Golden Island_, and though _English_, _Dutch_ and _French_ had been all over this Coast, from _Portobelo_ to _Cartegena_, yet never one of them made the discovery; even the _Spaniards_ themselves never knew of this place. Besides, for as great a secret as we thought the Project, it was known all the _West Indies_ over, and yet it was not in their power to crush it. At _Madera_ they seem'd to know it, at St. _Thomas_ I'm sure they knew it; at _Portobelo_ their Intelligence was so good, that they knew the names of all our Councellors and Captains of Ships before we landed, and had that particular observation, that there were four _Roberts_ among them. Our circumstances are in some Respects very good, for we have advice by the way of _Portobelo_, that there is a great Rebellion in _Mexico_, and Captain _Diego_ and all the _Indians_ about him are at present at War with the _Spaniards_. Captain _Ambrosio_ is going to his assistance, and that will divert them on that side; but which is better than all, that we are now in a posture of defence against all the _Spanish_ force in _America_. I have seen already _Dutch_, _French_, and _English_ all at the same time in our Harbour, and all of them wonder what the rest of the World have been thinking on, when we came hither to the best Harbour of _America_, in the best place of it. Captain _Long_ came in eight days after, and I believe we were a great Eye-sore to him, tho' he said nothing. He commanded the _Rupert Prize_, a small _English_ Man of War, fitted out by the King, upon what design we know not, but he pretends it was to search for a Silver Wreck; he was on this coast a Month before sounding it; and conversing with the Natives, he put ashore Men in some places, to take possession for the King of _Great Britain_, but none of them within 15 Leagues of us.