Frenchmen, cried, 'Aux armes!' and sang the Marseillaise.

And still, over the Five Islands, rose the glare.

But the night was calm; the ships burnt slowly; and the San Damaso was saved by English sailors.

So goes the tale; which, if it be, as I believe, correct, ought to be known to those adventurous Yankees who have talked, more than once, of setting up a company to recover the Spanish ships and treasure sunk in Chaguaramas.

For the ships burned before they sunk; and Apodaca, being a prudent man, landed, or is said to have landed, all the treasure on the Spanish Main opposite.
He met Chacon in Port of Spain at daybreak.