St. Helena

[Sojourner]

At 09:51 PM 7/23/97 -0400, davemarc wrote:

>> From: Sojourner <sojourner at vt.edu>
>> 
>> which was written in 1596 and translates:
>> 
>> 	"The island of St. Helena is second to none for its pleasant and
>equitable 
>> 	  climate and refreshing water, but it is ninhabited.  This ship has
>arrived 
>> 	  from the East Indies... the island is situated 16 degrees to the south
>of 
>> 	  the equator."
>> 

>I'm interested in the difference between this description and that in M&D,
>which puts the "Hel(l)" in Helena.  Unless, of course, I've misread
>something....
>
>davemarc

I am interested as well... especially the reference to "refreshing water".
Considering that
people lived on Easter Island, the further place away from a mainland, why
would there
be NO native inhabitants on an island which has fresh water, and therefore
the ability
to support life?

*sighs*