It is true that there are some shallows inside this ring, but the sea is no rougher than in a well.
"And I was moved to see all this, this morning, so that I might be able to give an account of it all to your Highnesses, and also (to find out) where I might make a fortress.

And I saw a piece of land formed like an island, although it is not one, in which there were six houses, which could be cut off in two days so as to become an island; although I do not see that it is necessary, as this people is very ignorant of arms, as your Highnesses will see from seven whom I had taken, to carry them off to learn our speech and to bring them back again.

But your Highnesses, when you direct, can take them all to Castile, or keep them captives in this same island, for with fifty men you can keep them all subjected, and make them do whatever you like.
"And close to the said islet are groves of trees, the most beautiful I have seen, and as green and full of leaves as those of Castile in the months of April and May, and much water.
"I looked at all that harbor and then I returned to the ship and set sail, and I saw so many islands that I could not decide to which I should go first.

And those men whom I had taken said to me by signs that there were so very many that they were without number, and they repeated by name more than a hundred.

At last I set sail for the largest one, and there I determined to go.