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might be induced by our fears to abandon the place before the pillage
was completed. But we were not so ignorant as to believe that this body
of horse, which seemed to be what the enemy principally depended on,
would dare to venture in streets and among houses, even had their
numbers been three times as great; and therefore, notwithstanding their
menaces, we went on, as long as the daylight lasted, calmly, in sending
off the treasure and in employing the boats to carry on board the
refreshments such as hogs, fowls, etc., which we found here in great
abundance. But at night, to prevent any surprise, the Commodore sent on
shore a reinforcement, who posted themselves in all the streets leading
to the parade; and for their greater security they traversed the streets
with barricades six feet high; and the enemy continuing quiet all night,
we at daybreak returned again to our labour of loading the boats and
sending them off. On the second