Note 223 — Chapter XI · THE JOURNAL OF GALLEGO—PREFATORY REMARKS.
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The point of Meta is probably near the place where the chief of that name lived. Vide page 203.
[224] “Norueste sueste quarta de leste hueste” is the bearing given in the MS. The distance of 52 leagues very closely corresponds with the distance indicated on the present chart between the west end of Malaita and Ontong Java. (Vide appendix: note iv.)
[225] Through an unconscious error in the translations by Mr. Dalrymple and Capt. Burney of the account given by Figueroa, the name “Isle of Ramos” has been applied in modern charts to an islet nearly in the middle of the passage between Isabel and Malaita. For further particulars consult Note VI. of appendix.