OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. S55 



From Guadalupe continuing North, Columbus reached a fourth island, named by him "Monser- 

 atte ; " and next a fifth, whose native name " Ocamaniro " he changed to " Redonda ; " a sixth, named 

 by him "Antigua;" a seventh, named by him "St. Martin;" and after visiting another island, turned 

 West, leaving in the North " above fifty islands," the largest of which he named " St. Ursula," and 

 the others "the Virgins." Continuing West, Columbus next came in sight of a very large island, by 

 the natives termed "Borriquen" (Porto Rico). 



On reaching Hayti, Columbus found his fort burned and not one of the Spaniards living: the 

 result, according to native testimony, mainly of dissensions among themselves and a night-attack by 

 a neighbouring unfriendly chief. A new site was in consequence selected, farther East; and the 

 town of Isabella was built there, the first settlement in America that proved permanent. A tribute 

 was imposed by Columbus on the natives of Hayti ; — and before the close of his administration, 

 some of them were held as slaves (F. Columb. 74 to 81). 



" I494> Jan. 30th " (date of lett. in Hackl. soc), Columbus writing from the city of Isabella to the 

 home Government. 



" May 4th, Sunday " (F. Columb. 54. to 60), Westward from Hayti another large island, 

 Jamaica, discovered by Columbus. Returning to the coast of Cuba, he continued West among a 

 labyrinth of low islets, and at length learned from a native, that Cuba is an island and not part of a 

 continent. After reaching the island " Evangelista " (Pinos), Columbus turned back, re-visited 

 Jamaica, and discovered the South coast of Hayti, which he followed throughout. 



" Sept. 15th, in the night" (F. Columb.), eclipse of the moon. Observed by Columbus near the 

 Eastern extreme of Hayti at the islet Adamanai ; and " which he said varied five hours twenty-three 

 minutes from Cadiz." Proceeding through the Mona Passage, Columbus reached the town of Isa- 

 bella "Sept. 29th:" — and eighteen months afterwards, sailed for Spain, arriving at Cadiz "June 

 nth 1496" (Major 2d edit. lett. p. 159). 



" In this year" (Dallet p. exxvii), end of the reign of Sieng-tso.ng, king of Corea. 



" In this year (=900 A. H." of Ferisht., Elph.), by Mahmud of Guzerat, a sea and land force 

 sent against Bombay, occupied by a revolted officer of the Bahmani king of the Deccan. The fleet 

 was destroyed in a storm, but through the co-operation of the Bahmani king, Bombay was recovered. 



Before the following year (=" 142] an. jav ," Raffles xi.), "the whole island of Java had submitted 

 to the authority of " sultan Tranggana, and the Mohammedan religion now firmly established 

 throughout. 



"1495 A. D." (Crawfurd vii. u), the Mohammedan religion adopted by Zainalabdin, properly 

 regarded as the first Muslim king of Ternate. Javanese in numbers now visiting the island, partly to 

 extend the Mohammedan religion, and partly to procure cloves. 



and Jacquin amer. pi. 238, in the West Indies, abounding in white caustic venomous juice, a drop, 

 like fire, instantaneously raising a blister on the back of the hand (Lindl.). 



Burse' a gummifera of the West Indies and neighbouring portion of South America. An Amy- 

 roid tree called in Carib "chibou" (Desc), affording a turpentine-like secretion that hardens as it 

 dries: the " arboles de trementina muy singular e muy fina" seen by Chanca on Hayti, — may be 

 compared : B. gummifera was observed by Swartz 130, Jacquin am. pi. 75, and Descourtilz, in the 

 West Indies and neighbouring portion of South America. B. acuminata of Porto Rico and Hayti, 

 yielding according to Royle a yellow concrete essential oil, is regarded by Lindley as " not very 

 different." 



Terminalia latifolia of the West Indies. The " mirabolanos cetrinos " observed on Hayti by Chanca 

 on the Second voyage of Columbus — (lett. in Hackl. soc), may be compared : T. latifolia is known 

 to otow in woods on the mountains of Jamaica, and its root is employed by the inhabitants in diarrhoea 

 (Swartz fl. ii. 747, and Lindl.). 



Nectandra puchury-major of the Upper Orinoco. A Lauroid tree called there "puchury" or 

 "puchery" or "puchyry" (Lindl) ; and the trees seen by Chanca whose bark tastes and smells like 

 " nueces moscadas" — may be compared : N. puchury-major was observed by Martius at Tabatinga 

 in the forest on the Rio Negro. Pichurim beans, exported to Sweden in the middle of the last cen- 

 tury, were found a valuable tonic and astringent medicine, and during the continental war "were 

 used as a bad substitute for nutmegs," but are no longer known in commerce (Lindl.). 



Xectamira puchury-mmor of Eastern Equatorial America. Its seeds said to possess similar 



qualities and according to Humboldt are exported, and are the sassafras nuts of the London shops 



(Nees, and Lindl.). 



Amomum sylvestre of the West Indies. The "raiz de gengibre " seen by Chanca worn by a 

 native around the neck, — may be compared: A. sylvestre was observed by Sloane i. pi. 105, and 

 Swartz 11, in the forest on Jamaica (Pers.). 



