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and names and many cocoa-nuts and almonds/ which were sufficient 

 to load a ship. Presently we set about carrying to the boats all 

 that we found, and nothing more was done that day. The Indians 

 did not dare to return to the town again, and that night we 

 embarked. This port is in 11° south latitude. It is in close 

 proximity to the island of Santiago, to the south-east ; it is narrow 

 and mountainous, and the inhabitants are like the rest.^ 



" After three days had passed, the General ordered that the 

 brigantine should proceed on a voyage of discover}^ ; and Francisco 

 Munoz Rico, with ten soldiers, and I, with thirteen seamen, em- 

 barked. We left this port on the 4th of July, and coasted along 

 this island of Paubro, as it is called in the language of the natives, 

 beinor that which we named San Christobal.^ Until the middle of 

 the island, the coast trends north-west and south-east for 20 leagues 

 and a point nearer east and west ; and the other half trends west- 

 by-north and south-by-east. We entered a liarbour, which was the 

 first we discovered in this cruise ; and there we remained for the 

 day. 



" On the following morning we left there, and proceeded further 

 along the coast to the east-by-south. We entered a small bay, 

 enclosed by reefs, near which were three towns. We seized two 

 boys here. The officer in command of the soldiers went with all our 

 people to reconnoitre the town that was a league away ; and I 

 remained behind in charge of the brigantine with no small risk, ibr 

 there were only three soldiers left with me to defend it. In a few 

 hours the people returned with two canoes that they had taken, 

 and five sucking-pigs, and some panaes, and plantains, with which 

 they embarked. We then made sail to proceed further along the 

 coast. 



" On the next day a canoe with two Indians came ofi" to us. They 

 were friendly, and one of them came on board the brigantine. We 

 sailed on in order to reach a harbour, and proceeded further along 

 the same coast, on which there were many towns, and the people of 

 them were, as we expected, very turbulent ; for a canoe preceded 



^ These almonds were without doubt the almond-like kernels of the fruit of a species of 

 Canarium, a common article of food at the i^resent day. 



2 This sentence refers to the island, and not to the port, judging from the context. 



3 This reference to the native name of Paubro is interesting, since at the present day St. 

 Christoval is largely known by the native name of Bauro, which is evidently the same. 

 This is also without a doubt the " large country named Pouro " of which the natives of 

 Taumaco (Duff Group) informed Quiros about forty years afterwards {vide Geographical 

 Appendix, Note XV.). 



