Produced by Frank van Drogen, Amy Cunningham and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Obvious printing errors were repaired; see the html version for details of these changes. Other variation in spelling and hyphenation is as in the original text. [Illustration: CAPTAIN WILLIAM DAMPIER] ON THE SPANISH MAIN OR, SOME ENGLISH FORAYS ON THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN. WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE BUCCANEERS AND A SHORT ACCOUNT OF OLD-TIME SHIPS AND SAILORS BY JOHN MASEFIELD WITH TWENTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _First Published in 1906_ THE RIVERSIDE PRESS LIMITED, EDINBURGH. TO JACK B. YEATS CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE DRAKE'S VOYAGE TO THE WEST INDIES 1 His quarrel with the Spaniards--His preliminary raids--His landfall--The secret harbour CHAPTER II THE ATTACK ON NOMBRE DE DIOS 15 The treasure of the Indies--The Bastimentos--A Spanish herald CHAPTER III THE CRUISE OFF THE MAIN 26 The secret haven--The cruise of the pinnaces--Cartagena--Death of John Drake CHAPTER IV THE ROAD TO PANAMA 55 The Maroons--The native city--The great tree--Panama--The silver train--The failure--Venta Cruz CHAPTER V BACK TO THE MAIN BODY 74 The treasure train--The spoil--Captain Tetu hurt CHAPTER VI THE ADVENTURE OF THE RAFT 88 Drake's voyage to the Catives--Homeward bound--The interrupted sermon CHAPTER VII JOHN OXENHAM 98 The voyage--His pinnace--Into the South Sea--Disaster--His unhappy end CHAPTER VIII THE SPANISH RULE IN HISPANIOLA 106 Rise of the Buccaneers--The hunters of the wild bulls--Tortuga--Buccaneer politics--Buccaneer customs CHAPTER IX BUCCANEER CUSTOMS 129 Mansvelt and Morgan--Morgan's raid on Cuba--Puerto del Principe CHAPTER X THE SACK OF PORTO BELLO 148 The Gulf of Maracaibo--Morgan's escape from the Spaniards CHAPTER XI