No, he was not ready to turn prow to Spain, and he was not likely to bleed himself of men, now or for many days to come.
All these who would lie in hammocks ashore must wait awhile, and even when they made their colony, that is not the way that colonies live and grow.
Beltran said, "Some of you would like to do a little good, and some are for a sow's life!" It was Christmas Eve, and we had our vespers, and we thought of the day at home in Castile and in Italy.

Dusk drew down.

Behind us was the deep, secure water of St.Thomas, his harbor.

The Admiral had us sound and the lead showed no great depth, whereupon we stood a little out to avoid shoal or bar.
For some nights the Admiral had been wakeful, suffering, as Juan Lepe knew, with that gout which at times troubled him like a very demon.

But this night he slept.