That the said _Adventure Galley_ was launched in _Castle’s_ Yard at _Deptford_, about the Fourth of _December_ 1695; and about the latter end of _February_ the said Galley came to the _Buoy in the Nore_: and about the 1st Day of _March_ following, his Men were pressed for him for the Fleet; which caused him to stay there for Nineteen Days; and then sailed for the _Donnes_, and arrived there about the Eighth or the Tenth Day of _April_ 1696; and sailed thence for _Plymouth_; and on the Twenty-third Day of the said month of _April_ he sailed on his intended Voyage: and, some time in the month of _May_, met with a small French Vessel, with Salt and Fishing Tackle on board, bound for _Newfoundland_, which he took and made Prize of, and carried the same into _New York_, about the Fourth Day of _July_, when she was condemned as lawful Prize: The Produce whereof purchased provisions for the said Galley, and for her further intended Voyage. That about the Sixth Day of _September_ 1696, the said Captain Kidd sailed for the _Maderas_, in company with one Joyner, Master of a Brigantine belonging to _Bermudas_, and arrived there about the 8th Day of _October_ following: and thence to _Bonavista_, where they arrived about the nineteenth of the said month, and took in some Salt, and stayed Three or Four Days; and sailed thence to _St. Jago_, and arrived there the Twenty-fourth of the said Month, where he took in some Water, and stayed about Eight or Nine Days; and thence sailed for the _Cape of Good Hope_; and in the Latitude of Thirty-two, on the Twelfth Day of _December_ 1696, met with Four English Men of War: Captain _Warren_ was Commodore; and sailed a week in their Company; and then parted, and sailed to Telere, a Port in the _Island of Madagascar_, and being there about the Twenty-ninth Day of January, came in a Sloop belonging to _Barbadoes_, loaded with Rum, Sugar, Powder and Shot, one _French_ Master, and Mr. _Hatton_ and Mr. _John Batt_, Merchants; and the said Hatton came on board the said Galley, and was suddenly taken ill and died in the Cabin: And, about the latter end of _February_, sailed for the _Island of Johanna_, the said Sloop keeping Company, and arrived there about the Eighteenth Day of _March_; where he found Four East India Merchantsmen outward bound; and watered there all together, and staid about Four Days: And from thence, about the Twenty-second of _March_, sailed for _Mehila_, an Island Ten Leagues distant from _Johanna_, where he arrived the next Morning, and there careened the said Galley; and about Fifty men died there in a Week’s Time.