Note 296 — Chapter XI · THE JOURNAL OF GALLEGO—PREFATORY REMARKS.
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This bearing is only approximate, the magnetic bearing being nearly north and south.
[297] This distance agrees nearly with that on the chart which is about two miles. Figueroa, in his account, gives the distance as three leagues.
[298] The village, situated on the shores of Port Mary on the west coast of the island, is at present called Sapuna by its inhabitants. Allowing for the variation in the spelling of native names, we can here recognise the Hapa of the Spaniards. Oo-ah or Oa, is the name of the island.
[299] This is a good description of the appearance of this island. The port is, however, on the west side; and the circumference of the island is not half this amount.