They named it _Portales de Belen_.
Upon nearing the island to the westward of San Marcos, they saw columns of smoke arising in all directions, and at night many fires.

In the centre it was rather high, and thence its slopes extended in all directions to the sea, so that its form was a massive round with only the parts towards the south, broken with ravines.
There were many palm trees, plantains, verdure, abundant water, and the land was thickly inhabited.

The circumference was about 50 leagues, though some gave it much more and thought that it would support about 200,000 inhabitants.

Its latitude was 14 deg.

30'.