A Tight Place for Morgan At this important crisis again turned up the man with an idea.

This was an inventive buccaneer, who proposed to Morgan that they should take a medium-sized ship which they had captured at the other end of the lake, and make a fire-ship of her.

In order that the Spaniards might not suspect the character of this incendiary craft, he proposed that they should fit her up like one of the pirate war-vessels, for in this case the Spaniards would not try to get away from her, but would be glad to have her come near enough for them to capture her.
Morgan was pleased with this plan, and the fire-ship was prepared with all haste.

All the pitch, tar, and brimstone in the town were put on board of her, together with other combustibles.

On the deck were placed logs of wood, which were dressed up in coats and hats to look like men, and by their sides were muskets and cutlasses.