i. 223-5, follows Sierra, but gives a copy of a letter from

Governor Salcedo to the king of August 7, 1736, in which 1733 is given as the date of Figueroa's expedition. Ancona, _Hist. Yuc._, has accepted the date given by this letter.

[XXXIII‑7] Sierra, _Ojeada Sobre Belice_; Lara, _Apuntes Históricos_, and Peniche, cited above, say that on his way to Bacalar Figueroa was joined by the colonists from the Canary Islands; in which statement they are followed by Ancona, _Hist. Yuc._, ii. 415-17. This is evidently a mistake, as the letter of Salcedo already cited shows that even in 1736 but a portion of them had arrived.

[XXXIII‑8] _Pelaez_, _Mem. Hist. Guat._, ii. 140-1.

[XXXIII‑9] _Salcedo_, _Carta_, in _Soc. Mex. Geog._, _Boletin_, 2da ép., i. 225-6. I reproduce here '_A Map of a part of Yucatan, or of that part of the Eastern shore within the Bay of Honduras allotted to Great Britain for the Cutting of Log-wood, in consequence of the Convention_. _Signed with Spain on the 14th July 1786. By a Bay-Man._'

[XXXIII‑10] On his way to Mérida from Bacalar Figueroa was seized with illness and died. On the 10th of August 1733 Lara, _Apunt. Hist._, affirms that at the demands of the English government Figueroa was reprehended by the crown for this attack, which so mortified him as to cause his death. This version is accepted by Sierra in his _Ojeada sobre Belice_, and also by Peniche, in _Soc. Mex. Geog._, _Boletin_, 2da ép.,