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itetl by the same people, only that the southern 

 islands are more fertile and populous tha/n the 

 northern, as we ourselves found it to be the case 

 at Radack ; and have every reason to believe it to 

 be the same in all the archipelagos of these seas. 



Los Pintados and Los Btcenos Jardines of Alvaro 

 de Saavedra, 1529, are under the latitude 7° to 8° 

 or 10° north, seeming to lie far to the east of Ra- 

 dack. The description of these islands, which have 

 vanished from our charts, and that of their inhabit- 

 ants, call upon us to mention them here. 



We have ourselves observed nature at Ra- 

 dack, and have lived with its inhabitants. Being 

 conversant with this nature, and with the people, 

 the intelligence which we have to give about the 

 Carolina islands will appear m.ore clear. 



The Carolina islands will be the subject of 

 another chapter. We shall endeavour, with the aid 

 of our friends Kadu, and Don Luis de Torres, to 

 overlook from Ulea, all the surrounding islands, and 

 attend an amiable people, versed only in the arts 

 of peace, on their courageous voyages. We shall 

 carefully compare our information with that of the 

 Jesuits, and particularly with tlie estimable reports 

 of Cantova. 



We only enumerate these islands,. and make use 

 of the geographical remarks which offer themselves 

 to us. This part of our work, like the chart of 

 Tupaya, and the information collected by Quiros 

 from the natives of Taumaco and other islands. 



