So we came to that land that must be--we knew not what! It hung low, in gold sunlight.

We saw no mountains, but it was covered with the mightiest forest.
Anchoring in smooth water, we took out boats and went ashore, and we raised a cross.

"As in Adam we all die, so in Christ we be alive!" said the Admiral, and then, "What grandeur is in this forest!" In truth we found trees that we had not found in our islands, and of an unbelievable height and girth.

Upon the boughs sat parrots, and we were used to them, but we were not used to monkeys which now appeared, to our mariners' delight.

We met footprints of some great animal, and presently, being beside a stream, we made out upon a mud bank those crocodiles that the Indians call "cayman." And never have I seen so many and such splendid butterflies.