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favorable site for a fort or a settlement; and, after the construction of fortifications, to attack the French. It was on the day which the cus- Aug. 28. toms of Rome have consecrated to the memory of one of the most eloquent sons of Africa, and one of the most venerated of the fathers of the church, that he came in sight of Florida. Ensayo Cronolog. 68—70. For four days, he sailed along the coast, uncertain where the French were established; on the fifth day, he landed, and gathered Sept. 2. from the Indians accounts of the Huguenots. At the same time, he discovered a fine haven and beautiful river; and, remembering the saint, on whose day he came upon the coast, he gave to the harbor and to the stream the name of St. Augustine. Ensayo Cronolog. 71. Sailing, then, to Chap. II.} 1565 Sept. 4. the north, he discovered a portion of the French fleet, and observed the nature of the road where they were anchored. The French demanded his name and objects. I am Melendez of Sp