They are, however, a people that never miss an opportunity of doing mischief.
In sight of this island and around it are many islands, very high and large, and to the southward one so large* that we stood for it, naming the island where our man was wounded, _Santa, Maria_.
[* This "one so large." is _Espiritu Santo_; Torres, evidently, did not share Queiroz's belief, but took it for what it was, an island.

See for corroboration what he says further on, 8 paragraphs below.] Sailing thence to the southward towards the large island we discovered a very large bay, well peopled, and very fertile in yams and fruits, pigs and fowls.
They are all black people and naked.

They fought with bows, darts and clubs.

They did not choose to have peace with us, though we frequently spoke to them and made presents; and they never, with their good will, let us set foot on shore.
This bay is very refreshing, and in it fall many and large rivers.

It is in 15 deg.