FRANCIS DE ULLOA ad. 



1540. 

 being the fift of April, having our boat tied at our 

 Sterne, till we came over against the cottages, whence 

 wee had taken the seale-skins. From the countrey of T'he Isle of 

 the Christians and the port of Colima we were now ^^^^^'^ S^o 

 distant some three hundreth leagues, which is the first Colima^ 

 port where wee determined to touch at. And having 

 sailed a league from the Trinitie the captaine Juan 

 Castiliano commanded us to salute them with three 

 pieces of great Ordinance, and she answered us with 

 other three, and afterward we answered one another 

 with two shot apiece. 



We sailed on Munday & *Tewsday til noon with The sixt of 

 contrary wind in sight of the Island, and at noone we ^P^^^^- 

 had a fresh gale in the poupe, which brought us over 

 against the cottages of the Indians where we tooke away 

 those seal skins ; & there certain souldiers & mariners 

 with the father frier Antony de Melo leapt on shore 

 with the boat, carying the skins with them, & flung 

 them into the sayd cottages out of which they were 

 taken, and so returned to their ship. This day the The 7 of 

 weather calmed, whereupon we were driven to cast anker, ^^^'^^' 

 fearing that we should foorthwith be distressed for want 

 of victuals, if we should stay there any long time : 

 but God which is the true helper provided better for 

 us then we deserved or imagined ; for as we rode here, '^^^y ^^'^^ 

 after midnight the Wednesday following before ten of -^^^^ ^^/^^^ 

 the clocke wee had a favourable gale of winde from the the point of 

 Southeast, which put us into the sea ; whither being Santa Cruz 

 driven, wee had the wind at Northwest so good and con- °J' California 

 stant, that in sixe dayes it brought us to the cape of the ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^' 

 point of the port of Santa Cruz : for which so great blessing 

 of God we gave unto him infinite thankes. And here 

 we began to allow our selves a greater proportion of 

 victuals then wee had done before, for wee had eaten 

 very sparingly for feare lest our victuals would faile 

 us. Before we came to this point of the haven of Santa 

 Cruz by sixe or seven leagues we saw on shore between 

 certaine valleys divers great smokes. And having passed 



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