Columbus sights Matininó and lets his crew rest ashore three days

… They had very prosperous weather, so that without touching the sails they sighted the island that we call, and the Indians call, Matininó, the last long one, on the 15th of June. There the Admiral let the people go ashore, that they might refresh themselves, and rest, and wash their clothes, and gather water and wood at their pleasure, all that seafarers desire on long voyages; they stayed there three days, and from there departed, going among many islands, very fresh and notable, like one going among gardens, though they are 5 and 6, and 10 and 12 leagues apart from one another. And because one of the four ships was very sluggish, both because it was a poor sailer that could not keep up with the others, and because it lacked side to bear sail, so that with a roll, however slight, it put its gunwale under water, he had need to put in at Sancto Domingo to exchange that one for one of the fleet the grand commander had taken, or to buy another.