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and there was not a chance on our side, we would leave 

 the port next day to visit the lands to windward." The 

 city of New Jerusalem must remain the city of vision, 

 unbuilt by human hands ! 



The purpose of the proposal to visit the lands seen to is it a 

 the South was to determine the question whether New contment 

 Jerusalem was situated oh the continent itself, or on one 

 of a large group of islands in the neighbourhood of the 

 continent. There seemed many reasons to believe that 

 it was part of a continent. The largeness of the River 

 Jordan seemed to indicate an extensive land. The high 

 mountains, it was argued, were evidence of the same. 

 They had experience of an earthquake, and it was thought 

 that earthquakes only happened in continents. And 

 it seemed to many " who had a look out from the mast- 

 head that all those lands were joined one to the others." It 

 was resolved to " coast along the land to windward, that 

 is to South-East and East-South-East, to make out for 

 certain whether it was mainland." Quiros hoped that 

 " a near view of the great and high chain of mountains, 

 would reanimate all his companions ; so that, if he should 

 die, they would remain with the ardour to continue the 

 work until it was finished." There was delay caused 

 by the eating of poisonous fishes, the ancestors of those 

 eaten one hundred and seventy years later by Cook and 

 his men. The dogs, cats, and pigs that ate the fish all 

 died ; but the men by the use of treacle made marvellous 

 recovery. And on Thursday, the 8th of June, in midst Quiros sails 



of the Southern winter, they again sailed South. South, 8th 



. June, 1006. 



They did not sail far. At 3 p.m. the next day, Friday, 



June the Qth, they met a strong South-East wind, against 

 which they worked in vain. The Pilots cried from one 

 ship to another, "Where are we going? " Quiros aban- 

 doned his plan and resolved to return to the port, with 

 the intention he says " of wintering there, building a strong 

 house, sowing the land, getting a better knowledge of the 

 season, and building a brigantine to send with the launch, 

 to discover what was so much desired ; it being clear 

 to all that this was necessary, for the place which seemed 



