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An. 1684
Large Turtle at Plata.
Cloth-bark into two Lots or Shares; Captain Da- vis and his Men had one part, and Captain Swan and his Men had the other part. The Bark which the Cloath was in Captain Swan kept for a Tender. At this time here were at Plata a great many large Turtle, which I judge came from the Gallapagos, for I had never feen any here before, tho I had been here feveral times: this was their coupling-time, which is much fooner in the year here than in the Weft Indies, properly fo called. Our Strikers brought aboard every day more than we could eat. Captain Swan had no Striker, and therefore had no Turtle, but what was fent him from Captain Davis; and all his Flower too he had from Captain Davis: but fince our difappointment at Guiaquil Captain Davis his Men murmured againft Captain Swan, and did not willingly give him any Provifion, becaufe he was not fo forward to go thither as Captain Davis. How- ever, at laft, thefe differences were made up, and we concluded to go into the Bay of Panama, to a Town called La Velia; but becaufe we had not Ca- noas enough to land our Men, we were refolved to fearch fome Rivers where the Spaniards have no com- merce, there to get Indian Canoas.
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