James Moulville Ditto 1| George Gill Ditto 1| Peter Fero Ditto 1|-------1887-1/4 440 7 2 John Smith Ditto 1| each Edward Alcocke Ditto 1| John Theobald Barber 1| William Burrows Old seaman 3/4 Daniel M’Donald Ditto 3/4 Richard Croft Ditto 3/4 John Robbins Grommet, 1/2| or boy |——­943-1/4 220 4 2 Benedict Harry Cook 1/2| each ------------------------------------------------------------
------ 33 persons in all 52-1/4 98,604-2/3 23,007 15 6

“The reader will perceive that the sum total of this dividend falls short of what I said the capture amounted to; but, in order to set that matter right, there is a secret article of 627 quadruples of gold, which Shelvocke graciously shared among private friends, each quadruple, or double doubloon; being worth sixteen dollars each, or L. 3:14:8 sterling, at 4s. 8d. the dollar.  The value of these is 10,032 dollars, which, added to the sum of the foregoing account, make 108,636-3/4 dollars, or L. 25,348:11:6 sterling in all.  Which large sum of money Shelvocke had the prodigious modesty to conceal, under the mysterious et cetera.  Stewart’s book mentions the double doubloons, but says not a word as to how they were distributed, so that we may imagine they were sunk between the two Shelvockes and Stewart:  For, as Stewart was agent, cashier, and paymaster, it was an easy matter to hide a bag of gold from the public, and to divide it afterwards in a committee of two or three.”—­Betagh.

SECTION VIII.

Appendix to Shelvocke’s Voyage round the World.  Containing Observations on the Country and Inhabitants of Peru, by Captain Betagh.[1]

[Footnote 1:  Harris, I. 240.]

INTRODUCTION.

This article may rather seem misplaced, as here inserted among the circumnavigations; but, both as having arisen out of the voyage of Shelvocke, and because arranged in this manner by Harris, it has been deemed proper and necessary to preserve it in this place, where it may be in a great measure considered as a supplement to the preceding voyage.  In the opinion of Harris, “The time that Betagh lived among the Spaniards in Peru, and the manner in which he was treated by them, gave him an opportunity of acquainting himself with their manners and customs, and with the nature and maxims of their government, such as no Englishman had possessed; and the lively manner in which he tells his story, gives it much beauty and spirit.”  We have already seen, in the narrative of Shelvocke, the occasion of Betagh separating from his commander, along with Hately and a complement of men in the Mercury, on which occasion Shelvocke alleged that they purposely separated from him, in consequence of taking a prize