CHAPTER IV.--THE CRUISES OF SAWKINS AND SHARP.

The South sea now visited--Buccaneers land at Darien--March overland--Take Santa Maria--Sail to Panama--Ringrose is wrecked--Failure of Expedition--Driven off by Spanish fleet--Partial victory--Coxen accused of cowardice--Sharp elected commander, deposed--Plunder Hillo and take La Serena--Take Arica--Sharp re-elected--Retreat with difficulty--Conspiracy of the prisoners--Land at Antigua--Return to England--Sharp's trial for piracy--Seizes a French ship in the Downs--Returns to Jamaica 215