Note 219 — Chapter XI · THE JOURNAL OF GALLEGO—PREFATORY REMARKS.
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According to the MS. in this passage, only 10 soldiers embarked; but on one occasion during the cruise it is stated that 18 soldiers were landed (vide p. 207), a number which agrees with that given by Figueroa.
[220] The words omitted here are in the Spanish: “hasta la provincia de Vallas.”
[221] Reference is here made to the fact that the coast ran north-west-by-west with the island of Meta, which was seven (?) leagues distant. This island of Meta was probably a small coast island on which the chief of that name lived.