No. 62S] 



STUDIES IN ECHENEIS 07? BEMOTIA 



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of a manuscript copy in the Harvnrd I.ihrni'v of a manu- 

 script document in the Royal l/ibrnry nl ^ladrid of 

 Columbus's time written hy a ])ei"sonnl friend of the 

 great navigatot- and nni-rnl ini;;' the events of the second 

 voyage. A few days latfi' he wrote me as follows: 



Kverythino. nm .Inwn ilm> l;ir , ,v. .wc.l in iniportaneo 1)y ihc 



new find, ante lodll. wliidi I t;,k. i. iln ;,,^;.<in.a verba of Cnlumhu^ 



in Coliiiiilnis's jmssession. Prescott makes iliis >iaieinciit 



]jet us now consider Bernaldez's account, which as just 

 shown seems to be a transcription of Columbus's owti 



