Work upon a new one began at once.

The Admiral, the two captains and those of rank upon the ships supped with the commandant at his quite goodly house, and the next day he and his officers dined aboard the Santa Maria.

The Admiral liked him much for he was more than respectful toward this voyage.

A year before, bathing one day in the surf, there had come floating to his hand a great gourd.

None such grew anywhere in these islands, and the wind for days had come steadily from the west.