succeeded in making themselves masters of the work. Upon the side of the pirates four men were killed and eight wounded, which, De Lussan complacently observes, “was in truth very cheap.” They then went to the great church and piously sang the _Te Deum_, fixed their sentinels, and the Court of Guard, (which was probably some kind of commission to take charge of the plunder,) in the strong-built houses, and afterwards went out to gather in the booty. But their victory was a barren one, for they only found “a few goods and some provisions.” Much disappointed, they sent out parties to collect the treasures which they conceived might be hidden on the estates outside of the city, but with no better success, for they came back, as De Lussan classically observes, “_re infecta_.” They then caught a woman, whom they sent to the Spaniards with a demand for a ransom for the town, and a threat of burning the same in case their requisition was not complied with. The inhabitants were not so easily frightened, and did not trouble themselves to give an answer, whereupon the pirates “set fire to the houses out of mere spite and revenge.” While here, the pirates, wearied of their laborious and perilous life, indulged hopes of returning, through Lake Nicaragua, to Europe. But, in their own words, “the term of dangers and miseries which their destiny had in store for them was not yet come, and they could not take advantage of the favorable opportunity which now offered to get out of these parts of the world, which, though very charming and agreeable to those who were settled there, yet did not appear so to a handful of men, without shipping, the most part of the time without victuals, and wandering amidst a multitude of enemies, against whom they were obliged to be continually on their guard.” So they fell back, with infinite trouble and danger, to the coast, being obliged to contest every foot of the ground. They embarked again and sailed for Realejo, which they captured, and subsequently took Pueblo Viejo and Chinendaga, and even made a descent on Leon. These same men, after further exploits on the coast, made a forced march across the continent, from the Gulf of Fonseca to Cape Gracios a Dios, through the northern department of Nicaragua (Segovia) and Honduras. De Lussan describes the city of Granada, at the time of his visit, as a large and spacious town, with “stately churches and houses, well enough built, besides several religious establishments, both for men and women.” Around the city “were a great many fine sugar plantations, which were more like unto so many villages than single plantations.”