" "What was your last ship?" "The Bombay Castle, London to Hong Kong; I wrecked her off Cape Mendez in a fog.

"LeVere has this middle stateroom, and Mendez the one forward.

" "What rank has Mendez?" "Third officer, and carpenter.

Mendez interfered only once on occasion of a brief fight.

"Jose Mendez, Senor."

Lower End of the Calle de Mendez-Vigo, Mayaguez Guenar Bridge, Mayaguez Upper End of the Calle Mendez-Vigo, Mayaguez The Town of Sabana Grande Witch River, near Cabo Rojo American Camp at Mayaguez Plaza Mercado, Mayaguez Mouth of the Mayaguez River A Bit of Yauco Wooden Dock at Mayaguez.

Lower End of the Calle de Mendez-Vigo, Mayaguez Guenar Bridge, Mayaguez Upper End of the Calle Mendez-Vigo, Mayaguez The Town of Sabana Grande Witch River, near Cabo Rojo American Camp at Mayaguez Plaza Mercado, Mayaguez Mouth of the Mayaguez River A Bit of Yauco Wooden Dock at Mayaguez.

[Illustration: A Mid-section of the Calle Mendez-Vigo, Mayaguez.]

[Illustration: Lower End of the Calle de Mendez-Vigo, Mayaguez.]

[Illustration: Upper End of the Calle Mendez-Vigo, Mayaguez.]

The Calle Mendez-Vigo is one of the most picturesque and attractive streets in the world.

Moreover, it is in the Calle Mendez-Vigo that there lives the prettiest girl in Puerto Rico,a little maid of sixteen years, Esperanza Bages by name, and already famous for her charms.

Next year, 1447, Antonio Mendez was ordered to return in search of Juan Fernandez, from whose inquisitive disposition much information was expected.

In this expedition he was accompanied by two other caravels, commanded by Garcia Mendez and Diego Alfonso, but they were separated by a storm in the early part of the voyage.

SEE Mendez, Ricardo Lopez.

August Mencken & Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co. (E); 24Feb67; R404922. MENDEZ, RICARDO LOPEZ.

Letra de Ricardo Lopez Mendez & Manuel Alvarez Maciste.

Ricardo Lopez Mendez (A); 12Jun67; R411588.

BALLESTER, MANUEL MENDEZ. Isla Cerrera.

Manuel Mendez Ballester (A); 26Apr68; R434577.

Desiring to know what destiny God reserved for him, he took counsel with his intendant, Diego Mendez, and two islanders of Jamaica who were familiar with those waters.

Mendez started in a canoe, although the sea was already ruffled.

Mendez made his way on foot to Santo Domingo, the capital of the island, where he rented two boats and set out to rejoin his commander.

[Note 11: The events of this fourth voyage are related in the interesting Relacion hecha par Diego Mendez de algunos aconticimientos del ultimo viaje del Almirante Don Christobal Colon.

King Ferdinand afterwards granted Mendez a canoe in his armorial bearings, in memory of the services he had rendered.]