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THE JAEHINILLOS, 
Sh^of of commmncation between the 
sJand ot Cuba and the coast of Venezuela. The nort is 
f'unta de balinas on the west: but this bav is itsclfonlv the 
upper or concave end of a great gulf mcaAtring niari/fou,-! 
teen leagues trom south to north, and along an extent of 
dtViETwf"'7} L-igunade Cortez” and the (hiyo 
chaL i lcul:ible number of flats and 
£s is more only, of which the super- 
MartinL,r t:S aimensions of that of 
Martinique with mountains crowned with majestic nine* 
iises amidst this labyrinth. This is the islan'il of Pino*’ 
called by Columbus El Evangelista, and by some mariners of 
the sixteenth century, the Tsla de Santa Maria. Itiscelebratcd 
for Its mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni) wliich is an important 
artmle of commerce. Me sailed E.S.E., taking tliSZ 
imcf to dea1°the ” of Cayo do Piednts, 
ike i i f- go, which the Spanish pilots in 
the early times of the conquest, designated liy the name’s of 
Gardens and Bowers (.Tardinesy.Tardinillos).' Tlic Queeu’.s 
.eparatea trqm the archipelago by an open sea thirtv fl\ e 
ulf'^wh gave them the Line they bear in 
1494, 11 hen, on his second voyage, he struggled dumig fiftv- 
ei„ht days with the winds and currents beLeen thoLlabd 
IS anrVLk * ^ deserlbS the 
islands of this archipelago as verdant, full of trees and 
pleasant (verdes, llenos de arboledas, y graciosos) 
iiiilipSli 
X..U.; bu,i, 1, JCSlIi™. iLS"* “'SI “ 
and Jardinillo., of the El’f de p" ^ 
chain of roots are .he toLTiif l!traVd'‘xSa.^™“‘’^ 
