[Footnote 395: A small island east of Curacao, in latitude 12 deg. north, longitude 67 deg. 41' west.] [Footnote 396: Saint Yves, G. Les campagnes de Jean d'Estrees dans la mer des Antilles, 1676-78; _cf._ also C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 604, 642, 665, 687-90, 718, 741 (xiv., xv.), 1646-47. According to one story, the Dutch governor of Curacao sent out three privateers with orders to attend the French fleet, but to run no risk of capture. The French, discovering them, gave chase, but being unacquainted with those waters were decoyed among the reefs.] [Footnote 397: C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 1646-47.] [Footnote 398: Dampier says of this occasion: "The privateers ... told me that if they had gone to Jamaica with L30 a man in their Pockets, they could not have enjoyed themselves more. For they kept in a Gang by themselves, and watched when the Ships broke, to get the Goods that came from them; and though much was staved against the Rocks, yet abundance of Wine and Brandy floated over the Riff, where the Privateers waited to take it up. They lived here about three Weeks, waiting an Opportunity to transport themselves back again to Hispaniola; in all which Time they were never without two or three Hogsheads of Wine and Brandy in their Tents, and Barrels of Beef and Pork."--Dampier, _ed._ 1906, i. p. 81.] [Footnote 399: Charlevoix, _op. cit._, liv. viii. p. 120.] [Footnote 400: Bibl. Nat., Nouv. Acq., 9325, f. 260; Charlevoix, _op. cit._, liv. viii. p. 122.] [Footnote 401: Ibid., p. 119; C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 815, 869; Beeston's Journal, 18th October 1678.] [Footnote 402: C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 569, 575, 618.] [Footnote 403: Ibid., No. 770.] [Footnote 404: Ibid., Nos. 622, 646.] [Footnote 405: C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 770, 815, 1516: Beeston's Journal, 18th October 1678.] [Footnote 406: The Spanish ambassador, Don Pedro Ronquillo, in his complaint to Charles II. in September 1680, placed the number at 1000. (C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, No. 1498.)] [Footnote 407: C.S.P. Colon., 1677-80, Nos. 1150, 1188, 1199, 1516; Beeston's Journal, 29th September and 6th October 1678. Lord Carlisle, in answer to the complaints of the Spanish ambassador, pretended ignorance of the source of the indigo thus admitted through the customs, and maintained that it was brought into Port Royal "in lawful ships by lawful men."] [Footnote 408: Sloane MSS., 2752, f. 29; S.P. Spain, vol. 65, f. 121. According to the latter account, which seems to be derived from a Spanish source, the loss suffered by the city amounted to about 100,000 pieces of eight, over half of which was plunder carried away by the freebooters. Thirteen of the inhabitants were killed and four wounded, and of the buccaneers thirty were killed.