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us, giving warning in such a manner that in all this island we were 

 not able to capture anything. As we approached a promontory 

 (morro), many Indians came out and threw stones at us with much 

 shouting ; and at the extremity of this island we discovered two 

 small islands. The end of this island is in 11J° south of the 

 Equinoctial. This island is a hundred leagues in circuit and seven 

 leagues in width, and is well peopled. 



" From the extremity, we went to one of the small islands which 

 was the smallest and lay to the south side.^ On arriving there we 

 anchored ; and there came off to us twelve Indians who came on 

 board the brigantine and spent some time with us. On their being 

 asked by signs what further land there was in that part, they said 

 that there was none ; but towards the west, where we pointed, they 

 said that there was much land. We saw it, and because there was^ 

 no time or opportunity we did not go to it.^ Through the day and 

 niofht we had much wind. As we were about to disembark, the 

 natives began to throw stones at us ; and when some shots wera 

 fired for our own defence, they fled. Accordingly, we landed and 

 went to the town, where we found some hogs and a quantity of 

 almonds and plantains. I ordered a sailor to climb a high palm to 

 see if he could descry land to the south, or south-east, or north- 

 west (?)^ but no further land appeared. There came from that 

 quarter a great swell which was a sign of their being no more land 

 there. This island, we named, Santa Catalina ; in the language of 

 the natives it is called Aguare.* It is 40^ leagues round, and it is 

 low and level. It has many palms and is well peopled. It has 



^ This small island was subsequently named Santa Catalina ; and the circumstance of tha 

 Spaniards going to it before they visited the adjacent small island of Santa Anna, is a proof 

 of their having coasted along the south side of St. Christoval. Then, the description of the 

 trend of the coast (see page 229) applies rather to the south than to the north coast ; and this 

 is further confirmed by the circumstance that when the Spanish ships were soon afterwards 

 leaving the group on their return voyage to Peru, they weathered or doubled the two islands 

 of Santa Anna and Santa Catalina. Again, no reference is made to the islands visible off 

 the north coast, which would have been certainly referred to, even although they had pre- 

 viously visited them in the brigantine. I lay stress on this point as it clears up the confusioa 

 of the different names applied to St. Christoval. 



- There is some obscurity in this passage, and in rendering it I have been guided by the 

 account of Figueroa. 



3 " North-west " is an error, which the context indicates, even excluding other circum- 

 stances ; it should be "south-west." 



•• The present native name is Orika. or Yoiiki of the Admiralty chart. 



^ An evident mistake, and one inconsistent with the context. The island is scarcely t'.vr> 

 leagues in circuit. 



