at the Cape of Good Hope; I determined to touch at Tene-
riffe, to get a fupply of thefe, and of the ufual refreihments
for ourfelves; thinking that ifland, for fuch purpofes, better
adapted than Madeira. At four in the afternoon of the
31ft, we faw Teneriffe, and fleered for the eaflern part. At
nine, being near it, we hauled up, and flood off and on
during the night.
At day-light, on the morning o f the ift of Auguft, we
failed round the Eaft Point of the ifland; and, about eight
o’clock, anchored on the South Eaft fide of it, in the Road
of Santa Cruz, in twenty-three fathoms water j the bottom,
fand and owze. Punta de Nago, the Eaft point of the Road,
bore North 64° Eaft; St. Francis’s church, remarkable for its
high fteeple, Weft South Weft; the Pic, South 65° Weft;
and the South Weft point of the Road, on which ftands a
fort or caftle, South 39“ Weft. In this fituation, we moored
North Eaft and South Weft, with a cable each way, being
near half a mile from the ihore.
We found, riding in this Road, La Bouflole, a French frigate,
commanded by the Chevalier de Borda; two brigantines
of the fame nation; an Engliih brigantine from London,
bound to Senegal ; and fourteen fail of Spaniih veffels.
No fooner had we anchored, than we were vifited by the
Mailer o f the Port, who fatisfied himfelf with aiking the
fhip’s name. Upon his leaving us, I fent an officer affiore,
to prerent my refpefts to the Governor; and to aik his leave
to take in water, and to purchafe fuch articles as we were
in want of. All this he granted with the greateft politenefs;
and, foon after, fent an officer on board, to compliment me
on my arrival. In the afternoon, I waited upon him in per-
fon, accompanied by fome of my officers; and, before I
returned
t h e p a c i f i c o c e a n .
«mmed g my m P, befp„tefomcco ,„ a „d ftr.wfor « * 1™
, or ered a quaniity o f wine fi-om Mr M'Carrick th
B I “ d * ° ^ e n r e n , wi,h ¿ " S S o a'
Spaniih boat to fupply Us with water a s r fh a u
could not do it ourfelves. Wa‘er’ 33 1 f°Und thac we
fal e ° f m ° rUZ iS fitU3ted fame name, on the South Eaft fide o fb ethfoer eif latnhde . towItn i so fa tsh eI
am told, the pnnctpal road o f Teneriffe, for ihelter, capai
y, and the goodnefs of its bottom. It lies entirelv
to the South Eaft and South winds. But thefe winds are
never of long continuance; and, they fay, there is nm
. o f a flaip driving f , „m L r g S on
may in part, be owing to the great care they take in
oonng them; for I obferved, that all the ihips we met
ith there, had four anchors out; two to the North Eaft
and two to the South Weft; arid their cables buoyed up with
caution. fUfferCd 3 littlC by n0t ° bfervinS this£ P -
inm th ife0 f h ^ ° f ' r° ad’ a ft° ne pier runs
and lanrfin 7 f tOWn’ f° r the « le n ie n c e of loading
tthhee IIhhiiponp’m Sg °i s Sc onveyeTd°. 'hTlSh iPsi,e ra’s tahlef oW wathear tt hthaet Pinuhpapbiiets
ants of Santa Cruz ufe, is derived from a rivulet that runs
^rom the hills, the greateft part of which comes into the
f poils> and the re°mr atirn°dUegrh Sd)o tthh 3nt o”t re ach' rh* r Z
t ough it is evident, from the fize of the channel, t S t
this ¡nformlion/w e ^ 1 S - h °m whom CaPta-'n Cook had
® fometimes
1776.
Auguft.