24 – There has been much difference of opinion as to where Vinland was. Some think that it was Nantucket; others, the island of Conanicut in Narragansett Bay; and others, some place much farther north and east. See Costa’s “Pre-Columbian Discovery of North America,” Anderson’s “Norsemen in America,” Kohl’s “History of the Discovery of the East Coast of North America,” published by the Maine Historical Society. 25 – Cape. 26 – Possibly Cape Cod. 27 – Bays. 28 – i.e., as quickly as possible. 29 – Probably Esquimaux, or Indians. 30 – Cross Cape, or Cape of the Cross. 31 – i.e., in equal shares. 32 – Milk, butter, &c. 33 – Cape. 34 – Columbus always supposed that he had reached India, and therefore always called the natives Indians. 35 – Cuba. 36 – Or Tartary. 37 – Or Hispaniola, meaning Little Spain. The island is now called Hayti. 38 – The natives. 39 – Instead. 40 – A small coin, worth less than a cent. A noble was a gold coin, worth about $1.60. 41 – A bank of oars is a bench on which rowers sit, and there may have been four rowers on each bench. 42 – No such race has ever been found. 43 – Dominica, so named from being discovered on Sunday. 44 – Marigalante, so named from the ship in which Columbus sailed. 45 – St. Martin, one of the Caribbee Islands. 46 – Hayti, or Española. 47 – Probably a species of _capromys_, an animal of the rat kind. 48 – Probably an alligator. 49 – About nine, P.M., the last hour of Roman Catholic prayers. 50 – Now called Cape Galeota, the south-east point of Trinidad. 51 – Discharge. 52 – A small vessel. 53 – The coast of Cumana (South America), distant seven miles from Trinidad. 54 – Mouth. 55 – Point Peña Blanca. 56 – Point Peña. 57 – Boca Grande. The fresh water was river water. 58 – Now called Point Alcatraz, or Point Pelican. 59 – Atlas. 60 – Columbus. 61 – President, or governor. 62 – Ship-worm. 63 – Firm land, or continent. 64 – The name then given to the sovereign of Tartary, now called “Khan.” Shakspeare, in “Much Ado about Nothing,” written about 1600, says, “Fetch you a hair off the great Cham’s beard.” 65 – John. 66 – 1498. 67 – Henry VII. 68 – Cabot. 69 – Verrazzano. 70 – i.e., from Brittany, in France. 71 – Cathay. 72 – But these papers never were printed. 73 – One of the Dezertas. Dishabited means uninhabited. 74 – Probably the South Carolina coast. 75 – At anchor. 76 – To land. 77 – Beans, or peas. 78 – Traps. 79 – Probably Narragansett Bay. 80 – i.e., somewhat encouraged. 81 – Deer’s. 82 – Various ornaments. 83 – Mirrors. 84 – Various exclamations. 85 – Probably the coast of Maine. 86 – Cedars.