In his eagerness, Captain Poynings himself took command of the landing party, though it was his duty to remain aboard.  With him went the bos’n, three midshipmen, whereof Greville Drake and I were included, and twenty-five men.  Between us we had but five musketoons and three pistols, the men carrying, on account of the heat, nothing but their mattocks and spades.  Pedro also went as a guide, so that our party numbered thirty-one men, sufficient, indeed, to carry off the treasure--if treasure it were--in one journey.