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tant from this island of La Treguada, to which we went and 

 obtained water. They are inhabited ; and we gave them the 

 name of Las Tres Marias. They trend west-by-north and east- 

 by-south .^ 



" There is another island which lies three leagues from Las Tres 

 Marias. It is low, and the inhabitants are like those around. We 

 named it the island of San Juan, and found in it a good harbour. 

 We took possession of it in the name of His Majesty, as in the case 

 of the other islands. It is 6 leagues in circuit ; and is in latitude 

 lOf.2 



" We went thence to another great island,^ which lies north and 

 south with it, 2 leagues away. Before we arrived, 93 canoes with 



warriors came out to us and * We took an Indian chief 



and placed him below the deck. He seized a sword, and defending 

 himself attemped to escape, until at last the sword was taken from 

 him and he was bound. We sent the people on shore, intending to 

 take possession ; but so many natives attacked them that we were 

 not able to do so, and we returned to the island of San Juan. I 

 offered to Don Fernando to take possession of it before dawn ; 

 and it was done. In the island of San Juan, they ransomed the 

 Indian, and gave us for him three hogs, to which he added some 

 beads. As a sign of friendliness, Don Fernando Henriquez em- 

 braced him. 



" On the following day, which was the 2nd of June, we arrived 

 at dawn off' the island of Santiago.^ More than 50 canoes came out 



1 These three islands are without doubt identical with the three small islands which are 

 named the Three Sisters in the present chart. Surville, the French navigator, who saw 

 them in 17G9, gave them the name of Les Trois Soeurs, whicli they still retain. At the 

 present day they arc uninhabited, and any water tliat could be obtained would be of a very 

 doubtful quality. Fleurieu hints at the identity of Les Trois Sceurs and Las Tres Marias. 



- The San Juan of Gallcgo is evidently the island now known as Ugi. There is no 

 apparent reference in this journal to the small adjacent island of Biu. 



3 Apparently this is the island named Santiago below. It is without doubt St. Christoval. 



4 " y tuvimos gran guasavara." 



5 The reader will now require to use some caution in following this part of the narrative, 

 since Gallego seems to have fallen into much confusion respecting the island of St. Christoval. 

 The name of Santiago was evidently applied by liim to the north side of the island west of 

 the prominent headlong of Cape Keibeck, which he might easily have taken for the ex- 

 tremity of the island. The name of San Urban was in all probability given to the peninsula 

 of Cape Surville, which, as I have myself remarked while off the St. Christoval coast, has 

 the appearance of a detached island when first seen, in approaching it from the northward 

 and westward. Tliis deceptive appearance, when viewed from a distance, is due to the 

 circumstance that thp neck of the peninsula of Cape Surville is raised but a few feet above 

 the level of the sea, and is in consequence below the horizon when this cape is first sighted. 



