They Dismissed Some Of Their Spanish Prisoners On The 3d August,
On Which Day They Passed Between The Main And The Island Of Lobos, So
Called From Being Frequented By Seals, Or Sea Wolves.[97] The 8th They
Cast Anchor Near Payta, In About The Latitude Of 5 Deg.
S. The 9th they
landed 300 men, but re-embarked after some skirmishing, as they found
the city too strongly defended.
On this occasion they took a Peruvian
bark, strangely rigged, having six stout natives on board, who had been
out fishing for two months, and had a cargo of excellent dried fish,
which was distributed through the fleet.
[Footnote 97: There are three islands or groups of that name off the
coast of Peru. The southern Lobos is in lat. 7 deg. S. near fifty miles from
the nearest land; the middle, or inner Lobos, in lat. 6 deg. 22' S. is only
about nine miles from the coast of Peru; and the northern Lobos is in
lat. 5 deg. 8' S. almost close to the shore. It is probably the middle or
inner Lobos that is meant in the text. - E.]
The 10th of August three of the Dutch ships battered the town of Payta,
and afterwards sent a party of armed men on shore, who found the
inhabitants had fled to the mountains with all their valuables. The
Dutch sent five of the Peruvian captives on shore to endeavour to
procure fruit, and to learn with more certainty what had become of the
Spanish admiral.
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