FRANCIS DE ULLOA a.d. 



1539 

 at those mouthes beforementioned, which shewed an 

 out-let into the open sea. Thus wee sayled along still 

 viewing the situation of the countrey, rejoycing all of 

 us at the sight thereof, for it alwayes pleased us more 

 and more, still appearing more greene and pleasant, and 

 the grasse which wee found neere unto the shore was 

 fresh and delectable, but not very high, being (to all 

 our judgements) not past a spanne long. Likewise the 

 hilles which wee saw, which were many, and many 

 downes made a very pleasant prospect, especially be- 

 cause we judged, that there were many valleys and 

 dales betweene them. 



Chap. 6. 



They discover a very great bay with foure small Islands 

 in it, whereas they take possession. As they sayle 

 along and discover divers Islands they come at length 

 to the port of Santa Cruz, where not being able to 

 get any knowledge of those Indians, although they 

 lay in waite for them at a place called The well of 

 Grijalva, they departed thence. They have a perilous 

 and long tempest, which ceased, after they had scene 

 a light on their shrowdes. 



AT our comming out of these openings we began to ^ great 

 iinde a Bay with a very great haven, environed with "'^'^^^^ 

 divers small hilles having upon them greene woods and 

 pleasant to behold. In this bay and strand were two [III. 404. 

 small Islands neere unto the shore, one of the which 

 was like unto a table about halfe a league in bignes, 

 and the other was a round hill almost as big as the 

 former. These Islands served us onely to content our 

 sight, for we passed by them without staying, having 

 but a slacke wind on Munday morning : all which day 

 we followed our course with the foresayd slacke winde, 

 and within a while after it became flat contrary, so that 

 we were constrained to anker at the sayd point of the 

 sayd haven ; and on Tewesday at breake of day we 

 set sayle, but made but little away all the day, because 



223 



