clear, and let him go about his Business. All which the said Captain _How_ will attest, if living. And that, about the 18th or 19th Day of the said month of _November_, met with a _Moors_ Ship of about 200 Tons coming from _Surratt_, bound to the Coast of _Mallabar_, loaded with Two Horses, Sugar and Cotton, to trade there having about Forty _Moors_ on board, with a _Dutch_ Pilot, Boatswain, and Gunner; which said Ship the Narrator haled, and commanded on board; and with him came Eight or Nine _Moors_, and the said Three _Dutchmen_, who declared it was a _Moors_ Ship; and demanding their pass from _Surrat_, which they shewed; and the same was a _French_ Pass, which he believes was shewn by a Mistake; for the Pilot swore Sacrament she was a Prize, and staid on board the Galley; and would not return on board the Moor Ship; but went in the Galley to the Port of _St. Marie_. And that, about the First Day of _February_ following, upon the same Coast, under _French_ Colours with a Design to decoy, met with a Bengall Merchantman belonging to _Surratt_, of the Burden of 4 or 500 Tons, 10 Guns; and he commanded the Master on board; and a _Frenchman_, Inhabitant of _Surratt_, and belonging to the _French_ Factory there, and Gunner of the said Ship, came on board as Master; and when he came on board, the Narrator caused the _English_ Colours to be hoisted; and the said Master was surprised, and said, You are all _English_; and asking, which was the Captain? Whom when he saw, said, Here is a good Prize, and delivered him the _French_ Pass. And that, with the said Two Prizes, sailed for the Port of _St. Marie’s_ in _Madagascar_; and, sailing thither, the said Galley was so leaky, that they feared she would have sunk every Hour, and it required Eight men every Two Glasses to keep her free; and was forced to woold her round with Cables to keep her together; and with much ado carried her into the said Port of _St. Marie’s_, where she arrived about the First of _April_, 1698: And about the 6th day of _May_, the lesser Prize was haled into the careening Island or Key, the other not being arrived; and ransacked and sunk by the mutinous men; who threatened the Narrator, and the men that would not join with them to burn and sink the other, that they might not go home and tell the news.