- E. [8] Those Here Called Cinnamon Trees Must Only Have Had Some Distant Resemblance To True Cinnamon In Flavour; Probably What Is Now Called Canella Alba, Which Is Only Used To Give A Flavour To Nauseous Medicines.

- E.

[9] By the description of the route in the foregoing narrative, the distances appear to have been, from Isabella to the pass of Hidalgos 3 leagues; from Hidalgos to the pass of Cibao 11 leagues; and from this latter pass to the Castle of St Thomas 4 leagues: in all 18 leagues as in the text. - E.

[10] This story, like the iron pan in Dominica formerly mentioned, seems to have gained circumstances in its passage to the author. Such collections of balls or round stones are not uncommon in mines, and are termed nests: The hay and straw seem an embellishment. - E.

[11] In a former passage he was said to have waited for the convoy of provisions before going to Cibao, which must have been an oversight in the author. - E.

[11a] All these mighty promises of mines turned out only torrents and rivulets, in the beds of which gold dust and grains were found with infinite labour, and which, after the destruction of the natives, were all abandoned as unprofitable. - E.

[12] Flamingos.

[13] The remarkable whiteness of these three natives might have proceeded from the use of white pigments, which, as well as red and black, were used by the natives of the West India islands. - E.

[14] There must be a gross error here in the original translation, as the circumstance of towing ships in such shallow water is impossible.

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