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to us ; and they planned to carry us off to their towns. It was 

 necessary to fire some shots in order that they should quit us ; and 

 the}^ left us and returned. Possession was taken of this island in 

 the name of His Majest}^ ; and we did no injury to the people. This 

 island is 40 leagues in length on its north side : and it is narrow, 

 and in part mountainous, and is well peopled. The Indians of this 

 island go naked and eat human flesh. Its eastern extremity is in 

 latitude 10|°; and lies north-west and south-east with the island of 

 Treo-uada 12 leao-ues. The south-east extremity lies north-west and 

 south-east 18 leagues with the island of Malaita. 



" ^Yhen we were all embarked to proceed further on, a violent 

 north-east wind overtook us, and drove us to the extremity of 

 Santiago, whence we saw a large island to the south-east that 

 trended westward. It was 18 leagues distant. It is in latitude 

 10J° south of the equinoctial ; and is 4 leagues distant from the 

 island of Guadalcanal. We gave it the name of the island of San 

 Urban. 



" On account of the sickness of myseK and of some of the soldiers, 

 we did not proceed further : and, keeping av/ay to leeward, we 

 arrived at the island of Guadalcanal. We landed at a town where 



the Indians gave us ^ when we intended to get water, and 



where we set free the three Indians in the canoe ; and they gave us 

 a hog and panales. But they were in great fear of us, and leaving 

 us they returned to the town. Beads were given to them as a sign 

 of friendship. Leaving there, we continued our cruise to return to 

 the ships, and touched at some places where we had been before, 

 the natives receiving us in a friendly manner, and giving us what 

 they had, becavise they were much afraid of the muskets we carried. 

 We sailed further on to a port, where, during our previous stay, we 

 had been received peacefully. We got water there ; and they gave 

 us a hog and almost filled the brigantine with loanoes, which is the 

 food they eat.. It is a very good harbour for the ships, and lies 

 under the shelter of an island. There are many inhabitants. 



" We continued our return cruise, intending to explore a river 

 where we had been before. Sailing into the port to obtain provisions, 



The distance of Sau Urban from Guadalcanal, as given above, is inconsistent witli the rest 

 of the journal ; and for 4 leagues, 40 leagues was evidently intended, the omission of the 

 cipher being probably a clerical error. The name of St. Christoval was subsequently given, 

 as shown further on in the narrative, when the Spanish ships visited the south coast of this 

 island. 



^ " La Guacanara. " 



