The _Indians_ naturall of that countrey do cal their Ilande _Acusamil_, & corruptlye _Cosumel_. _Iohn de Grijalua_ was y^e first Spaniard that apported there, and named it the holy Roode, bycause hee fell in sighte therof on holy roade daye. It cötayneth ten leagues in length & thrée leagues in breadth, although some say more, some lesse: it standeth twentye degrées on this side the equator, and fiue leagues from the womës cape: it hath thrée villages, in y^e which liueth nere 3 thousand më. The houses are of stone and brick, and couered with straw & bowes, & some with tile. Their temples and towers are made of lime & stone very wel built: thei haue no other fresh water but out of welles and raine water. _Calachuni_ is their chiefe Lord: they are browne people & goe naked: & if any weare cloth, it is made of cotten wool only to couer their priuie mëbers: they vse lög hear platted & bound about their foreheads: they are great fishermë, so y^t fish is their chiefest foode & sustenance, they haue also _Maiz_ which is for bread: also good fruites: & hony, but somewhat soure: and plots for bées, which contayn .1000 hiues. They knew not to what vse wax serued, but whë they saw our më make cädels therof, they wödred therat. Their dogges haue Foxe faces and barke not, these they gelde and fatten to eate. This Iland is ful of high moütaines, & at the feete of them, good pastures, many Deare, and wilde Boares, Connyes and Hares, but they are not great. The Spaniardes with their handguns and crossebowes prouide them of that victual, fresh salt and dried. The people of this _Iland_ are Idolaters, they doe sacrifice children, but not manye. And many times in stead of children they sacrifice dogges. They are poore people, but very charitable and louing in their false religion and beliefe. The religion of the people of _Acusamil_. [Sidenote: A straunge Idol.] [Sidenote: The God of rayne.]