all the airy qualities of the poetic, observer; but they are not formed of the stuff of which explorers are made. Their pulse beats too hotly at the start and too languidly towards the end. Yet the world does well to hold the name of Dampier in memory as a skilful seaman, an acute observer, an agreeable writer, and a thorough Englishman. THE END _Printed by_ R. & R. CLARK, _Edinburgh_. FOOTNOTES: [1] Harris's _Collection_, “Cowley's Voyage,” vol. i. 1748. [2] _A Discourse of the First Invention of Ships_, p. 7. Ed. 1700. [3] Hackluyt, i. 243. There is also a reference to sheathing in Sir Richard Hawkins's _Observations_ in Purchas, vol. iv. p. 1387. In 1673 an order was issued by the Lord High Admiral to sheath some of the ships of war with lead; but on Sir John Narborough a few years afterwards objecting to it, the practice was discontinued.—See Schomberg's _Naval Chronology_, vol. i. 75. [4] Preserved in Churchill's _Collections of Voyages and Travels_, 1704, vol. ii. [5] The buccaneers had “Waggoners” of their own. One was compiled by Basil Ringrose, who called it the _South Sea Waggoner_ (_circa_ 1682). Another by Captain Hack, the author of a _History of the Buccaneers_, was published in or about 1690. [6] Dampier calls him Spragg, others Sprague. [7] Ringrose's account will be found in _The History of the Bucaniers of America_, 2 vols., 4th edition, 1741, under the section entitled “The dangerous Voyage and bold Adventures of Captain Sharp, Watling, Sawkins, Coxon, and others in the South Sea.” It is proper I should state here that the editions of the books I name are those from which I quote. [8] “_A New Voyage Round the World_, describing particularly the Isthmus of America; several Coasts and Islands in the West Indies; the Isles of Cape Verd; the Passage by Terra del Fuego; the South Sea coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico; the Isle of Guam, one of the Ladrones, Mindanao, and other Philippine and East India Islands, near Cambodia, China, Formosa, Laconia, Celebes, etc.; New Holland, Sumatra, Nicobar Isles; the Cape of Good Hope, and Santa Hellena. Their Soil, Rivers, Harbours, Plants, Fruits, Animals, and Inhabitants. Their Customs, Religion, Government, Trade, etc.” By Captain William Dampier. Fourth Edition, 1699. This is vol. i. of the Travels. [9] Wafer afterwards published an account of his adventures in “_A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America_; giving an account of the author's abode there; the form and make of the Country, Coasts, Hills, Rivers, etc. Woods, Soil, Weather, etc. Trees, Fruit, Beasts, Birds, Fish, etc. The Indian Inhabitants, their Features, Complexions, etc.; their Manners, Customs, Employments, Marriages, Feasts, Hunting, Computation, Language, etc. With remarkable Occurrences in the South Sea and elsewhere.” It is a tedious book.