Thus the thunder of European artillery made good the right of the Spaniards; but force by no means gives a sanction to base treachery.
THE FLEET LEAVES TAUMACO.
Queiroz quitted this island of Taumaco on the 18th of April, and, _giving up his project of settlement at Santa Cruz_, sailed towards the south in search of the land of Mallicolo and other lands indicated by the chiefs of Taumaco.
On the 21st, in the evening, they discovered land in the S.E.

They manoeuvred cautiously all night.

They then sailed along the northern shores of what proved to be a small island.

The captain of the Almiranta, Luis Vaez de Torres, went in a canoe to examine it.
He could not find an anchorage for the fleet; but he went near enough to the land to converse with the natives, who offered him a present of nuts, and a piece of stuff made of palm leaves woven together.
He learned from them that their island was caged TUCOPIA*; and they made him understand by signs that, if he sailed southwards, he would meet with extensive countries, where the inhabitants were fairer than those he had yet seen.

As this island afforded no shelter from the wind, they did not remain there.