Note XXXII-43 — Chapter XXXII · INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS. 1800-1887.
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They were several times plundered by buccaneers. Harris in 1684 took away 120 lbs. of gold. Dampier speaks glowingly of them in that year; 'the richest gold mines ever yet found in America.' New Voy. round the World, i. 158-9. Another exped. in 1702 carried off 50 lbs.