Early In The Morning Of The 3d November, Our Men Landed About Four
Miles South Of Payta, Where They Took Some Prisoners Who Were Set There
To Watch.
Though informed that the governor of Piura had come to the
defence of Payta with a reinforcement of an
Hundred men, they
immediately pushed to the fort on the hill, which they took with little
resistance, on which the governor and all the inhabitants evacuated
Payta, but which we found empty of money, goods, and provisions. That
same evening we brought our ships to anchor near the town, in ten
fathoms a mile from shore, and remained six days in hopes of getting a
ransom for the town; but seeing we were not likely to have any, we set
it on fire, and set sail at night with the land-breeze for the island of
Lobos. The 14th we came in sight of Lobos de Tierra, the inner or
northern island of Lobos, which is of moderate height, and appears at a
distance like Lobos del Mare, the southern island of the same name, at
which other island we arrived on the 19th. The evening of the 29th we
set sail for the bay of Guayaquil, which lies between Cape Blanco in
lat. 4 deg. 18', and the point of Chanday, or Carnera, in 2 deg. 18' both S.
In the bottom of this bay is a small isle, called Santa Clara,
extending E. and W. and having many shoals, which make ships that intend
for Guayaquil to pass on the south side of this island.
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