way, Coasting still along shoar, till she arrives at Acapulco,
which is commonly about Christmas, never more than 8 or 10 days before
or after. Upon the return of this Ship to Manila, the other which
stayeth there till her arrival, takes her turn back to Acapulco. Sir
John Narborough therefore was imposed on by the Spaniards, who told
him that there were 8 Sail, or more, that used this Trade."

[12] The Galapagos (or "Islands of the Tortoise") belong to the
government of Ecuador, and are located seven hundred and thirty miles
west of that country in the Pacific. They consist of six principal
and seven smaller islands. The largest is Albemarle. They are all
volcanic. Of them Dampier says (chapter v): "The Gallapagos Islands
are a great Number of uninhabited Islands, lying under, and on both
sides of the Equator. The Eastermost of them are about 110 Leagues
from the Main. They are laid down in the Longitude of 181, reaching
to the Westward as far as 176, therefore their Longitude from England
Westward is about 68 degrees. But I believe our Hydrographers do
not place them far enough to the Westward. The Spaniards who first
discovered them, and in whose draught alone they are laid down, report
them to be a great number, stretching North-West from the Line, as far
as 5 degrees N. but we saw not above 14 or 15. They are some of them
7 or 8 leagues long and 3 or 4 broad. They are of a good heighth,
most of them flat or even on the top; 4 or 5 of the Eastermost are
rocky, barren and hilly, producing neither Tree, Herb, nor Grass,
but a few Dildo-trees, except by the Sea side."

[13] Captain Davis was one of the Privateers with whom Dampier had
sailed the Spanish Main. When Captains Davis and Swan parted company
at Realejo, Dampier went with the latter in order to become acquainted
with the northern part of Mexico, in whose waters Captain Swan designed
to sail.

[14] The town of Realejo or Realexo, a seaport town of Nicaragua
situated on Realejo Bay of the Pacific Ocean, and twenty miles from
the city of Leon, whose seaport it is.

[15] The town of Copiapo or Porto Copiapo, a small seaport of Chili,
in the province of Atacama, on Copiapo Bay.

[16] Captain Harris was commander of one of the privateer ships
sailing in Spanish-American waters. When Captains Swan and Davis
parted company he accompanied the latter. See Dampier's Voyage, p. 224.

[17] Pigafetta in his relation of the first circumnavigation
(VOL. XXXIV, p. 86)