[CHAPTER III.—THE COMPANIONS AND SUCCESSORS OF MORGAN.]
Œxmelin's interview with the old Buccaneer—Adventure with Indians—Esquemeling's escapes—D'Ogeron's escape from the Spaniards—Buccaneers' fight in Tobago against the Dutch—Captain Cook captures a Spanish vessel—Captains Coxen and Sharp begin their cruise 189
[CHAPTER IV.—THE CRUISES OF SAWKINS AND SHARP.]
The South sea now visited—Buccaneers land at Darien—March overland—Take Santa Maria—Sail to Panama—Ringrose is wrecked—Failure of Expedition—Driven off by Spanish fleet—Partial victory—Coxen accused of cowardice—Sharp elected commander, deposed—Plunder Hillo and take La Serena—Take Arica—Sharp re-elected—Retreat with difficulty—Conspiracy of the prisoners—Land at Antigua—Return to England—Sharp's trial for piracy—Seizes a French ship in the Downs—Returns to Jamaica 215
[CHAPTER V.—DAMPIER'S VOYAGES.]
Dampier leaves Captain Sharp—Land march over the Isthmus—Joins Captain Wright—Wreck of D'Estrèes and the French fleet—Returns to England—Second voyage—With Captain Cook—Guinea coast—Visits Juan Fernandez—Takes Ampalla—Plunders Paita—Scheme for working the Spanish mines—Attacks Manilla Galleon—Captain Swan—Dampier's death unknown—Van Horn, a Dutch sailor—Entraps the Galleons—Takes Vera Cruz—Killed in a duel with De Graff—His Dress 277