DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS-1o wit. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the seventh day of October, in the thirty second year of the Independence of the United States of America, OLIVER & MUNROE, of the said District, have deposited in this Office, the Title of a Book, the Right whereof, they claim as Proprietors, in the words following-to wit: "The History of Don Francisco De Miranda's attempt to effect a Revolution in South America, in a Series of Letters. By a gentleman who was an officer under that general, to his friend in the United States. To which are annexed, sketches of the life of Miranda, and geographical notices of Caraccas, Thoughts tending to ambition, they do plot SHAE. In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned;" and also to an Act entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the Arts of Designing, Engraving and Etching Historical and other Prints." WILLIAM S. SHAW, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts. CONTENTS. Commencement of the expedition. Ship and com- mander. Author's views and expectations in joining Miranda. Supposed destination. Reasons for be- Account of Miranda. His age. Leander spoken by the British frigate Cleopatra, and near being sent to Spanish schooner brought to. Conjectures upon this unusual procedure. Stratagem to deceive the mas- ter of the schooner. Miranda appoints his officers. Their names and distribution into corps. Uni- forms, &c. Arrival at Jacquemel. Accident. 14 Difficulty of getting into port. A quarrel, and its ap- prehended mischiefs. Scene on the deck of the Leander. Form of officers' commissions. Columbian colours displayed. Schooner Bee charter- ed. Report from Laguira. Aspasia. Disturbance in the Bee. Disappointment respecting the ship Em- captured. Discovery of the want of water. Shape our course for the island of Bonair. entertain suspicions of their chief. They have pri- vate consultations. Conduct of the general in the Off Margaritta. Leander endeavours to avoid every strange sail. Crew on short allowance. Hardships. Other events previous to the evacuation of the Main. LETTER XXH. New captain appointed to the Leander. His ill con- duct and cruelty to the sailors. Condition of the Departure from Aruba. Miranda and suite embark in the Seine frigate. Lieut. Dwyer, an English officer, Disposition of the British commanders. Mission to |