charts of the Atlantic, published in London, the Salvages are totally
omitted.

We made the island of Teneriffe on the 3d of June, and in the evening
anchored in the road of Santa Cruz, after an excellent passage of three
weeks from the day we left England.




CHAPTER III.



From the Fleet's Arrival at Teneriffe, to its Departure for Rio de
Janeiro, in the Brazils.


There is little to please a traveller at Teneriffe. He has heard wonders
of its celebrated Peak, but he may remain for weeks together at the town
of Santa Cruz without having a glimpse of it, and when its cloud-topped
head emerges, the chance is, that he feels disappointed, for, from the
point of view in which he sees it, the neighbouring mountains lessen its
effect very considerably. Excepting the Peak, the eye receives little
pleasure from the general face of the country, which is sterile and
uninviting to the last degree. The town, however, from its cheerful
white appearance, contrasted with the dreary brownness of the back
ground, makes not an unpleasing coup d'oeil. It is neither irregular in
its plan, nor despicable in its style of building; and the churches and
religious houses are numerous, sumptuous, and highly ornamented.