Columbus anchors in a singular harbor between the mount and islet

… afterward the wind blew from the east, and he saw that on the south southeast side of Monte-Cristi, between it and an islet, there seemed to be a good harbor in which to anchor that night; and he took the course east southeast, and afterward south southeast a good 6 leagues to near the mount, and having gone the 6 leagues he found 17 fathoms of depth and a very clean bottom, and he went on so for 3 leagues with the same depth. Then it shoaled to 12 fathoms up to the headland of the mount, and a league off the headland of the mount he found 9, and clean, all fine sand. He held his course so until he entered between the mount and the islet, where he found three and a half fathoms of depth at low water, a most singular harbor, where he anchored. He went with the boat to the islet, where he found fire and traces that fishermen had been there. He saw there many stones painted with colors, or a quarry of such stones with very beautiful natural patterns, fit, so he says, for church buildings or other royal works, like those he found on the islet of San Salvador. He found also on this islet many mastic trees. …