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Annegada at the mouth of Orenoke,* and that night we 

 saw the northest part of Trinidado, and came to ancor in 

 30 fathom 6. L. of the shore, from thence we coasted the 

 Hand neere the south syde in 15 fathom and neere the 

 shore in 10 and 11 fathom and coming close abord the 

 poynt of the rode att the west end of the Hand which 

 poynt they naturally call Curiapan, and the Spaniards 

 Punfto de gallo we had 5. fathom. It floweth on this south 

 coast E.N.E. and W.S.W. it is needfull to saile neere the 

 poynt of Gallo which you may do boldly because ther 

 lyeth a dangerous legg of rock so half a mile of the rode 

 to the westward, a most forcible current that setts of the 

 poynt, a greater current can no wher be found the cur- 

 rant of Bahama excepted. 



The 17 we came to Ancor at Punfto Gallo where wee 

 stayd (taking water, fish and some Armadellias, refresh- 

 ing our men with palmeto, Guiavas,t piniorellas and 



* In a manuscript map of the world, to which we have had oppor- 

 tunity to allude on a former occasion, the right bank of the Canoa 

 Manamo near its embouchure is called Anegada (from anegar in Spanish, 

 to immerse or cover with water). From Sir Walter Ralegh's account 

 it is evident that he alludes to a more eastern point, probably the 

 present Point Barima, which is called Terra basse in the old manuscript 

 map. This conclusion is rendered more probable by some observations 

 in his Apology. (See Cayley, vol. ii. p. 124).- Schomburgk's Note. 



f The Guiavas, or rather Guavas, 3irethe fruits oi Psidium pomi/erum 

 and P. pyriferum Linn , trees about eighteen feet high. They are as 

 large as a middle sized apple, which they resemble in shape, of a bright 

 yellow outside, and the pulp of a reddish colour, intermixed with very 

 small hard seeds. The second kind (P. pyriferum) is considered by 

 many to be merely a variety of the first, improved by cultivation. They 

 have a pleasant sub acid and aromatic taste, and, prepared with sugar 

 and milk, may be compared to strawberries. A rich jelly or marmalade 

 is likewise made of them. We do not know what fruit Ralegh calls 

 piniorellas.— 5cAoiniMrg'*'s Note. 



