Note 291 — Chapter XI · THE JOURNAL OF GALLEGO—PREFATORY REMARKS.
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This small island was subsequently named Santa Catalina; and the circumstance of the Spaniards going to it before they visited the adjacent small island of Santa Anna, is a proof of their having coasted along the south side of St. Christoval. Then, the description of the trend of the coast (see page 229) applies rather to the south than to the north coast; and this is further confirmed by the circumstance that when the Spanish ships were soon afterwards leaving the group on their return voyage to Peru, they weathered or doubled the two islands of Santa Anna and Santa Catalina. Again, no reference is made to the islands visible off the north coast, which would have been certainly referred to, even although they had previously visited them in the brigantine. I lay stress on this point as it clears up the confusion of the different names applied to St. Christoval.
[292] There is some obscurity in this passage, and in rendering it I have been guided by the account of Figueroa.
[293] “North-west” is an error, which the context indicates, even excluding other circumstances; it should be “south-west.”
[294] The present native name is Orika, or Yoriki of the Admiralty chart.
[295] An evident mistake, and one inconsistent with the context. The island is scarcely two leagues in circuit.