Note 6 — Chapter IX

As soon as the people had come on board, it seemed desirable to the Captain that the ships should lie-to that night, in order to go next day to where the natives were. The Chief Pilot said that as it was well to windward, and not to waste the water, it would be better to stand on, as we did, with the wind E. to N.E. Next day another island was sighted to the N.E., and named “Decena.”6 We could not go either to it or to other islands that were sighted later. The first was named “Sagitaria,”7 the second “Fugitiva.”8 Afterwards, in latitude 14°, the pilots were asked for their positions, who gave them, some much more, others much less.