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 than wheaten bread, was highly acceptable to the Spaniards.

On the 24th of October, Columbus set out in quest of gold, which he thought was the only object of commereecommerce [sic] worth his attention. After discovering Conception, Exuma, and Isla Larga, Cuba broke on him like an elysium. He next took Hayti, or Santo Domingo, for the ancient Ophir, the soureesource [sic] of the riehesriches [sic] of Solomon, but he gave it the name of Hispaniola, from its resembling the fairest traetstreats [sic] of Spain. Leaving here the germ of a future colony, he set sail homeward on January 4, 1493. A dreadful storm overtook him on the 12th of February. Columbus, fearing the loss of his discovery more than the loss of life, retired into his cabin, and wrote two copies on parchment of a short aceountaccount [sic] of it. He wrapped them in wax, enclosed them in two separate casks, one of which he threw into the sea, and the other he placed on the poop of his vessel, that it might float in ease she should sink. Happily the storm subsided, but another drove him off the mouth of the Tagus on the 4th of March; and although distrustful of the Portuguese, he was eonstrainedconstrained [sic] to take shelter there. At last, he landed triumphantly at Palos, March 15, 1493. As soon as the ship was diseovereddiscovered [sic] approaehingapproaching [sic], all the inhabitants ran eagerly to the shore, where they received the admiral with royal honours. The eourtcourt [sic] was then at Bareelona, and Columbus immediately aequaintedacquainted [sic] their Majesties of his arrival. They were no less delighted than astonished with this unexpected event. They gave orders for eonductingconducting [sic] him into the city with all imaginable pomp. In his journey through