ink necessary. Being all come
aboard, they consider where to get provisions, especially flesh, seeing
they scarce eat anything else; and of this the most common sort is pork;
the next food is tortoises, which they salt a little: sometimes they rob
such or such hog-yards, where the Spaniards often have a thousand head
of swine together. They come to these places in the night, and having
beset the keeper's lodge, they force him to rise, and give them as many
heads as they desire, threatening to kill him if he refuses, or makes
any noise; and these menaces are oftentimes executed on the miserable
swine-keepers, or any other person that endeavours to hinder their
robberies.

Having got flesh sufficient for their voyage, they return to their ship:
here they allow, twice a day, every one as much as he can eat, without
weight or measure; nor does the steward of the vessel give any more
flesh, or anything else, to the captain, than to the meanest mariner.
The ship being well victualled, they deliberate whither they shall go to
seek their desperate fortunes, and likewise agree upon certain articles,
which are put in writing, which every one is bound to observe; and all
of them, or the chiefest part, do set their hands to it. Here they set
down distinctly what sums of money each particular person ought to have
for that voyage, the fund of all the payments being what is gotten by
the whole expedition; for otherwise it is the same law among these
people as with other pirates. No prey, no pay. First, therefore, they
mention how much the captain is to have for his ship; next, the salary
of the carpenter, or shipwright, who careened, mended, and rigged the
vessel: this commonly amounts to one hundred or one hundred and fifty
pieces of eight, according to the agreement. Afterwards, for provisions
and victualling, they draw out of the same common stock about two
hundred pieces of eight; also a salary for the surgeon, and his chest of
medicaments, which usually is rated at two hundred or two hundred and
fifty pieces of eight. Lastly, they agree what rate each one ought to
have that is either wounded or maimed in his body, suffering the loss of
any limb; as, for the loss of a right arm, six hundred pieces of eight,
or six slaves; for the left arm, five hundred pieces of eight, or five
slaves; for a right leg, five hundred pieces of eight, or five slaves;
for the left leg, four hundred pieces of eight, or four slaves; for an
eye, one hundr