L'histoire de Columbus . SoutljJimerica VOILES COLOMB LORS DE SON TROISIÈME VOYAGE. 189 Nord. Ce détroit semblait si terrible d'Colmnbusthat^ Moutli il lui donna le nom du Serpent. L'im-mense vague qu'il avait vu a été produit par thewaters du grand fleuve Orénoque qui se déversent dans l'seaand throngli le détroit dans le golfe de Paria. Le jour suivant, l'amiral a causé l'embouchure de theSerpent de retentir, et a constaté que les eaux profondes, weresufficiently s'il y avait des courants contraires.Il a navigué à travers le détroit d'^ en toute sécurité, et est venu à Stillwater de l'autre côté. Colomb était maintenant à thegreat Gul

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The story of Columbus . SoutljJimerica COLUMBUS SAILS ON HIS THIRD VOYAGE. 189 America. This strait seemed so terrible to Colmnbusthat he named it tlie Moutli of the Serpent. The im-mense wave which he had seen was produced by thewaters of the great river Orinoco flowing into the seaand throngli the strait into the Gulf of Paria. The next day the admiral caused the Mouth of theSerpent to be sounded, and found that the waters weresufficiently deep, though there were contrary currents.He sailed through tlie strait safely, and came to stillwater on the other side. Columbus was now in thegreat Gulf of Paria, but he still thought he was in theopen sea and that he had passed between two islands.The men were surj^rised when they drew up some of thew^ater to find it quite fresh. This freshness was causedby the inflowing waters of the Orinoco, which, besidesrunning out at its principal mouth, also sends streamsthrough a delta into the Gulf of Paria.. A TRINIDAD PALM. 190 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. CHAPTER XXXIII. COLUMBUS DISCOVEKS PEARLS. Columbus now sailed nortliward until lie came totwo high headlands. The one on the east was part ofthe island of Trinidad, while that on the west was theend of a long peninsula which belonged to the main-land of South America, though Columbus did not yetknow this. Between these headlands was another nar-row strait where the water roared in a fearful manner.The admiral thought this still more terrible than theMouth of the Serpent, so he called it the Mouth of theDragon. He turned and sailed along the coast ofParia westward, thinking that Paria was an island andthat he could iind some other way into the sea thanthrough the dreadful Dragons Mouth. As he sailed hefound that the water grew more and more fresh. Hepresently saw a spot where he thought that the landlooked as though it were cultivated. Columbus wantedvery nmch to talk with some of the natives, so he sentthe boats ashore. There were signs of

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