206 JOURNAL OF GALLEGO. 



Malaita, because it was discovered on Palm Sunday (Domingo de 

 Ramos).^ 



" Coasting further along from this bay, we saw a fleet of more 

 than seven large canoes making for the shore where there were 

 fisheries. The canoes came on with us ; and many Indians shot 

 . their arrows at us with great shouting. The ' maestre de campo,' 

 on seeing their daring, ordered some muskets to be fired ; and one 

 Indian was killed and the rest took to flicjht. On the following 

 day, which we made the 14th of April, running further a^ong the 

 coast to the east-south-east (?) we sailed nearly 6 leagues. Here 

 the Indians came out to us in a friendly manner, bringing cocoa- 

 nut and other things which we needed. Here we saw a hog, which 

 was the first we had seen. The next day we went further out in 

 quest of the point and extremity of this island, running to the 

 south-east. From the bay to the point of the island, the coast ran 

 north-west and south-east. There are some islets near this point J 

 and from this point to the bay is 14 leagues. I took the latitude 

 and found it to be barely 9°. At this point, two canoes came out 

 to us witli fighting-men, in order to question an Indian whom we 

 had on board, one of the two we took from Meta. They shot their 

 arrows at us ; and when we fired a musket to frighten them, they 

 fled. 



"On the following day, which we reckoned the IGth of the 

 month, being at the extremity of this island, we named it Cape 

 Pueto;^ and from here we discovered some islands to the south- 

 east,^ which are 9 leagues from this cape. Some lie north-by-west 

 and south -bj^-east ; * and others north-west and south-east. And we 

 approached them this day with a fair wind, sailing to the south- 

 east. We arrived at ten o'clock in the nio-ht at an island which 

 was a league and a half in circuit ; and there we anchored. It is 



1 Through an unconscious error in the translations by Mr. Dalrymple and Capt. Burney 

 of the account given by Figueroa, the name " Isle of Ramos " has been applied in modern 

 charts to an islet nearly in the middle of the passage between Isabel and Malaita. For 

 further particulars consult Note VI. of appendix. 



2 The name of this cape is spelt in three different ways in this MS., viz., Puerto, Pueto, 

 and Prieto. The latter is thatad^jted in Figueroa's account. Puerto seems to be the correct 

 name as no reas6n is giv^en in the journal for using the epithet of "black " (prieto) , but 

 the last is employed in the present chart. 



s In the account of Figueroa this bearin:; is given as south-west, which, as pointed out by 

 Pingrfe, Fleurieu, and Burney, is in contradiction to the other bearings, and was by all three 

 ■authors replaced by that of " south-east." 



•* Xorte sur quarta del norueste sueste." 



