Three or four raised their dead on their shoulders with great celerity, and went inland, leaving the neighbouring villages deserted.  The narrator here remarks:  “Such was the end of the peace that the captain hoped for and sought for, the means of discovering the grandeur of the land, and all was contained in it.”

Shortly after Queiroz went on shore again and instituted an order of knights of the Holy Ghost, with a badge, or insignia, in the shape of a cross of a blue colour, to be worn on the breast.

Towards evening of the same day all three vessels displayed many lights, and they sent off many rockets and fire-wheels.  All the artillery was fired off; and when the natives heard the noise and the echoes resounding over hills and valleys, thy raised great shouts.

The Spaniards sounded drums, rang the bells, had music and dancing, and had other forms of rejoicing, in which the men showed great pleasure...

Next morning it was not quite dawn when the camp-master and ministers, taking with them an armed party in the two boats, went on shore.  They landed near the launch with four small pieces of artillery to be used in a fort in case of necessity.  Within, the monks arranged a clean and well-ordered altar under a canopy.  This was the first church, and was named by the captain “Our Lady of Loreto.”

Everything having been arranged as well as the tine would allow, it was reported to the captain, who left the ship with the rest of the people.  All the three companies were drawn up in good order on the beach...

The Royal Ensign, Lucas de Queiroz (Queiroz’s nephew), came forth with the standard in his hands.

The banners, which were fluttering and brightening the whole scene, received their tribute from discharges of muskets and arquebuses.  Presently, the captain came out and went down on his knees, saying:  “To God alone be the honour and glory.”  Then, putting his hand on the ground, he kissed it, and said:  “O Land sought for so long, intended to be found by many, and so desired by me!” Then formal possession was taken under six different headings, the last being:  “Possession in the name of His Majesty,”—­which read as follows:—­

“Finally, I take possession of this bay, named the Bay of St. Philip and St. James, and of its port named Santa Cruz, and of the site on which is to be founded the City of New Jerusalem, in latitude 15 deg. 10’, and of all the lands which I sighted and am going to sight, and of all this region of the south as far as the Pole, which, from this time shall be called AUSTRALIA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO, with all its dependencies and belongings; and this for ever, and so long as right exists, in the name of the king, Don Philip, third of that name, king of Spain, and of the eastern and western Indies, my king and natural lord, whose is the cost and expense of this fleet, and from whose will and power came its mission, with the government, spiritual and temporal, of these lands and people, in whose royal name are displayed these his three banners, and I hereby hoist the royal standard."...