“As I do not intend to give a particular description of them in this place, I refer the reader to the second part of this work, in which he will find each island distinctly described; and shall now proceed to the History of their Discovery and Conque...

“Glas was a native of Scotland, and have been originally intended for a surgeon. He was evidently a powerful man, for during a former voyage he is said to have been “greatly superior in strength to any in the ship”. His strength, however, did not now...

“About five in the morning we mounted again, and travelled slowly about a mile, for the road here was rather too steep for travelling on horseback, and our horses were now fatigued. At last we came among some great loose rocks, where was a sort of c...

“The road of Santa Cruz is situated before the town of the same name, on the South East side of the island. It is, as I am told, the principal road of Teneriffe, for shelter, capacity and the goodness of its bottom. It lies entirely open to the South...

“Port Orotava is a place of considerable trade, and has flourished greatly since the destruction of the harbour of Garrachica: it contains some good private buildings, two churches, two convents of Friars, and two of Nuns. At each end of the town is ...

“While I frequented this country, the crew of a Canary fishing bark brought, from the coast of the Desart to the city of Palmas, a boy and a girl, his sister, who were decoyed on board: the boy was then about eleven years of age, and the girl about ...

“In the north-east part of Palma, inland, is a spacious high mountain, steep on all sides, called la Caldera, i.e. the Cauldron. This mountain is hollow, like the Peak of Tenerife; the summit is about two leagues in diameter every way, and within de...

“The inland part, or centre (Gran Canaria), is exceeding high, and full of lofty mountains, which tower so far above the clouds as to stop the current of the north-east wind that generally blows here; so that when this wind blows hard on the north si...