repairiug of anchors. He took the opportunity offered by his detention in the Strait to caulk the ship throughout, and employed the men in collecting Winter's bark, and in various sports, to keep them cheerful and healthy.

Having made a prosperous voyage through the Strait into the South Sea, the D, inty anchored off the island of Mocha, on the coast of Chile, which was occupied by independent Indians, of whom he wrote an interesting account. They supplied .him plentifully with fresh provisions, and he then steered northwards with the intention of passiug Callao out of sight of las, d, so that his presence on the coast might not be known to the Spaniards. lqut his plan was overruled by the officers and crew. who urged him to attack some of the ships iu ;no erieroy's ports. He very reluctantly consented, and bore up for Valparaiso, where he r,nsacked four ships aud the warehouses on shore, but found nothing worth tMdng away, except fresh prox'isions. When leaving the port, however, a ship was ta. ken with some gold on board, and with important passengers who paid ransoms. Hawkyns touched at Coqui,nbo and Atica, and off Quilca he caused the empty prize to be burnt. :But meanwhile news of the arrival of an Euglish ship on the coast had been sent to Lima. The Marquis of ('aiiete, a most distinguished soldier both in the wars in Europe, and in those against the Araucanian Indians when he was Captain-General of Chile, was the Viceroy of Peru. With all possible diligence he sent six ships in search of the D, int!! under the comm;;,(1 of his brother-in-law, I)on ]qeltran tie Castro 3' de la Cueva. She was sighted off Caiiete, and the Spanish ships, being much more windw;;rdly, rapidly came up with their chase. Then a h'esh breeze began to blow, the Spanish admiral sprung his maimhast, the vice-admirM split his mMnsail, and for that tilne the Dainty escaped. The Spanish ships returned to Callao, while H;wkyns steered for the ]Bay of Att;camcs, in the province of Quito, intendlug to take in wood and water, and then leave the coast.

The Dainty auchored in Atacames /3ay on the 10th of June, 1594. In five days all the empty water-casks were filled, wood was cut and taken on board, and the pinnace was put to rights. On the 15th, sail was made to the ]3ay of Sa.n 5[a. teo, and a few da.ys afterwards Hawkyns weighed with the intention of finally lea.ring the coast of South America. /3ut it wa.s not to be. The Spanish squadron hove in sight, and the admirM bore down on the little