cannonaded the Pyrate Ship of 22 Guns, that lay behind the Iſland. The next Night, viz. the 18th, it falling Calm, Captain Hume weigh’d, fearing he might fall on the Reef, and ſo ſtood off and on for a Day or two, to block them up. On the 20th, in the Evening, they obſerved the Man of War to ſtand off to Sea, and took the Opportunity to warp out, in order to ſlip away from the Iſland; but at Twelve o’Clock they run a-ground, and then ſeeing the Scarborough about, ſtanding in again, as their Caſe was deſperate, ſo they were put into the utmoſt Confuſion; they quitted their Ship, and ſet her on Fire, with 20 Negroes in her, who were all burnt; 19 of the Pyrates made their Eſcape in a ſmall Sloop, but the Captain and the reſt, with 20 Negroes, betook to the Woods, where ’twas probable they might ſtarve, for we never heard what became of ’em afterwards: Captain Hume releaſed the Priſoners, with the Ship and Sloop that remained, and then went after the two Pyrate Sloops firſt mentioned.
