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which he reports m fifteen fathoms are Wilson reef, one mile in 

 extent, which lies in deep water off the northwest shores of San 

 Miguel island, two and a quarter miles westwardly from the 

 entrance to Cuylers harbor or port Possession. The Coast Pilot 

 gives particular warning about these dangers. Smugglers cove 

 is an open roadstead, with partial protection from heavy north- 

 west weather. 



Ferrelo, in continuing his narrative, goes back a day or more 

 and says : "And the night before coming with a violent tempest, 

 with only two small foresails, the other ship disappeared, so 

 that they suspected that the sea had swallowed it up, and they 

 could not discover it any more, even after daybreak. They 

 believe they must have been in forty-four degrees when the last 

 storm overtook them and compelled them to run to leeward." 



Cabrillo's narrator says that on account of the foregoing storm 

 " they were forced to go to la Isla de la Posesion [San Miguel 

 island], where they arrived on the fifth, and on account of the 

 heavy breaking at the mouth of the harbor they sought protec- 

 tion under the Isla de San Sebastian, under the side presented 

 to the south-southeast ; and that night [of the great tempest] 

 the flagship disappeared." 



After the vessels met at Cerros island Ferrelo says : " That 

 ship passed la Isla de Juan Rodriguez at night, passing through 

 some breakers, so that they thought they must be lost, and the 

 mariners promised to go in procession naked to her church, and 

 our Lady delivered them." 



This is the first time the Cabrillo narrative has mentioned 

 this island of San Sebastian. As the Fragata was ofi" Cuylers 

 harbor at night, probably eight pr ten hours after the Capitana 

 had passed it, with the heavy northwester still blowing, he was 

 very naturally afraid to approach the old anchorage of port 

 Possession, and probably steered through the San Miguel pas- 

 sage, and found protection and anchorage under the southeast 

 shore of Santa Rosa island, between South Point and East Point, 

 which he calls el Puerto de San Sebastian, now known as John- 

 sons lee. He must have remained at this anchorage fourteen 

 days, while the other vessel lay three days in Smugglers cove, 

 under Santa Cruz island, and then searched for her consort at San 

 Buenaventura, again at Smugglers cove, at San Diego bay, port 

 San Quentin, and finally at the south end of the island of Cerros 

 on the 24th of March, 1543. On the 26th the consort arrived. 

 When she had started to search for the Capitana " the whole 



