He had turned and raced through the forest, here to the sea.

He did not think the white-clad men had seen him.
We took him to the Admiral who listened, then brought his hands together.

"Hath it not--hath it not, I ask you--sound of Prester John ?" With the dawn he had men ashore, and there he went himself, with him Juan de la Cosa and Juan Lepe.

The crossbowman--it was Felipe Garcia--showed the way.

We found indeed the forest aisle and nave, and the three trees and the purple grapes, a vast vine with heavy clusters, but we found no men and no sign of men.
The Admiral was not discouraged.