To return to Captain _Bowen_, who pyratically possessed himself of Captain _Drummond_'s Ship and Brigantine, as aforesaid, he, being inform'd by the Crew, that when they left Don _Mascarenhas_, a Ship called the _Rook_ Galley, Captain _Honeycomb_ Commander, was lying in that Bay, resolved, with the other Pyrates, to sail thither, but it taking up seven or eight Days in watering their Vessels, and settling their private Affairs, they arrived not at the Island till after the Departure of the said Galley, who thereby happily escaped the villainous Snare of their unprovok'd Enemies. The Night after the Pyrates left _Maritan_, the Brigantine ran on a Ledge of Rocks off the West Side of the Island _Madagascar_, which not being perceived by the Ship, _Bowen_ came into _Mascarenhas_ without her, not knowing what was become of his Consort. Here Captain _Bowen_ staid eight or ten Days, in which Time he supplied the Ship with Provisions, and judging, that the _Rook_ Galley was gone to some other Island, the Ship sail'd to _Mauritius_, in search of her; but the Pyrates seeing four or five Ships in the N. W. Harbour, they thought themselves too weak to attempt any thing there, so they stood immediately for _Madagascar_ again, and arrived safe, first to _Port Dauphin_, and then to _Augustin Bay_. In a few Days the _Content_ Brigantine, which they supposed either to have been lost, or revolted that honourable Service, came into the same Bay, and informed their Brethren of the Misfortune that happened to them: The Rogues were glad, no doubt, of seeing one another again, and calling a Council together, they found the Brigantine in no Condition for Business, being then very leaky, therefore she was condemned, and forthwith halled ashore and burnt, and the Crew united, and all went aboard the _Speedy Return_. At this Place the Pyrates were made acquainted, by the Negroes, of the Adventures of another Gang that had settled for some Time near that Harbour, and had one _Howard_ for their Captain. It was the Misfortune of an _India_ Ship called the _Prosperous_, to come into the Bay at a Time that these Rogues were looking out for Employment; who, under the Pretence of trading (almost in the same Manner that _Bowen_ and his Gang had seized the _Speedy Return_) made themselves Masters of her, and sailed with her to _New Mathelage_. _Bowen_ and his Gang consulting together on this Intelligence, concluded 'twas more for their Interest to join in Alliance with this new Company, than to act single, they being too weak of themselves to undertake any considerable Enterprize, remembring how they were obliged to bear away from the Island of _Mauritius_, when they were in search of the _Rook_ Gally, which they might have taken, with several others, had they had at that Time a Consort of equal Force to their own Ship.