ce a world over which they had
tyrannised for so many ages. OVALLE, iv. 5.

NOTE l.

_But how the scene pourtray?_

'This country excels all others, as far as the day surpasses the
night in splendour.--Nor is there a better people in the world. They
love their neighbour as themselves; their conversation is the
sweetest imaginable, their faces always smiling; and so gentle, so
affectionate are they, that I swear to your highnesses,' &c.
F. COL. c. 30, 33.

NOTE m.

_Nymphs of romance,_

Dryades formosissimas, aut nativas fontium nymphas, de quibus
fabulatur antiquitas, se vidisse arbitrati sunt. P. MARTYR, dec. i.
lib. 5.

NOTE n.

_Youths graceful as the Faun,_

An eminent Painter, when he first saw the Apollo of the Belvidere,
was struck with its resemblance to an American warrior. West's
discourse in the Royal Academy, 1794.

NOTE o.

_But see, the regal plumes, the couch of state!_

'The Cacique came down to the shore in a sort of palanquin--attended
by his antient men.--The gifts, which he received from me, were
afterwards carried before him.' F. COLUMBUS, c. 32.

NOTE p.

_The wondrous ring, and lamp, and horse of brass._

The ring of Gyges, the lamp of Aladdin, and the horse of the Tartar
king.

NOTE q.

_Ceiba,_

The wild cotton tree, often mentioned in History. 'Cortes,' says
Bernal Diaz, 'took possession of the Country in the following manner.
Drawing his sword, he gave three cuts with it into a great Ceiba
and said------'

NOTE r.

_Half bird, half fly,_

Here are birds so small, says Herrera, that, though they are birds,
they are taken for bees or butterflies.

NOTE s.

_Reigns there, and revels, &c._

There also was heard the wild cry of the Flamingo.

What clarion winds along the yellow sands?
Far in the deep the giant-fisher stand,
Folding his wings of flame.

NOTE t.

_Who now danc'd forth, &c._

Their dances, which continued from evening to the dawn, were
accompanied with singing.
P. MARTYR, dec. iii. 7.

NOTE u.

_Who among us a life of sorrow spoil,_

For a summary of his life and character see 'An Account of the
European Colonies.' P. I. c. 8.

NOTE x.

_To other eyes, from distant cliff descried,_

Balboa immediately concluded it to be the ocean for which Columbus
had searched in vain; and when, at length, after a toilsome march
among the mountains, his guides pointed out to him the summit from
which it might be seen, he