In the night a terrible wave came from the south, "a hill as high as a ship," so that even in writing of it he feels fear.

But no misfortune came from it.
Sailing the next day, he found the water comparatively fresh.

He is, in fact, in the current produced by the great river Orinoco, which affects, in a remarkable way, all the tide-flow of those seas.

Sailing north, he passes different points of the Island of Trinidad, and makes out the Punta de la Pena and the mainland.

He still observes the freshness of the water and the severity of the currents.
As he sails farther westward, he observes fleets, and he sends his people ashore.