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waited six days ; here they took two boys to carry to New Spain for interpreters, and 

 left certain signals in case the other ship should approach. 



Saturday, the 17th day of the said month, they departed from the said Puerto de 

 San Miguel ; the following Sunday they arrived off Bahia de San Mateo [San Diego 

 Bay] and found no more signs of the other ship. 



Sunday, the 18th day of the said month, in the evening, they departed from this 

 bay of San Mateo, and the Wednesday following, on the 21st of the said month, they 

 arrived at Puerto de la Posesion [Port St. Quentin], and still obtained no news of their 

 consort ; they waited two days without entering the port, for they did not dare to 

 enter it on account of the heavy northwest wind which blew, and, as it broke their 

 cable, of necessity they weighed anchor. 



Friday, on the 23d day of the said month, they departed from Puerto de la 

 Posesion, and the following Saturday at midnight they arrived off Isla, de Cedros 

 [Cerros Island], and being there the following Monday, the 26th day of the said 

 month, arrived the other ship off Isla de Cedros, at which they rejoiced much and gave 

 many thanks to God ; this ship put into La Isla de Juan Rodriguez [San Miguel], by 

 night, passing over some breakers so that they expected to be lost, and the mariners 

 promised to go in procession naked to her church, and our Lady delivered them. 



On Monday, the 2d day of the month of April, they departed from Isla de Cedros 

 on their return to New Spain, because they did not have a supply of provisions to 

 renew their attempt to discover the coast. They arrived in El Puerto de Navidad 

 Saturday the 14th day of the said month of April. 



Came as captain of the ships, Bartolome Ferrel, chief pilot of the said ships, in 

 default of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, who died in Isla de la Posesion [San Miguel]. The 

 men came in the said ships. 



Found without the name of the author, in the general archives of the Indias of 

 Seville, in the letter of the time, among the papers brought from Simancas. File 9 of 

 Descriptions and Populations. 



Examined and approved. 



MARTIN FERNANDEZ DE NAVARRETE. 



Another copy in the collection of Muiioz, vol. xxxvi, in which he inserts after his 

 certificate of approval : "At the head and on the cover of this narrative occurs three 

 times, De Juan Paez." The differences which are noticed between this and that are, 

 4. 30° and f. 5. Northeast southwest. 0. The last two names are united thus: Quan- 

 nuegua. 7. Anacoac. 8. Caacac. 9. Xuca. 10. Caco. 



