88 EMBASSY TO CHINA;:
pjs&je.tb made; thfeH is ^denoted By this: admeasurementt*Teïièïiffe. ƒ r ' ..|jj th* «£ d,ö? i
- fe®edce*^ibi®sïaQ;urrent or ijHw^cesgi'we 'motion;.«! ithc
sea;independently; of the .agitation óf its-waYies, which,
fiöm whathverieause it may; proceed, is found fcequenitly
toitake^plhceh.' Sir; Erasmus Gawenabbserbed, in .prai
ceedihisptd'Tpneriffe, a -constant' currentisetting itovthe
southward, at'the.ratelèf actbSrdof a mile, an hour, equal
to -éséenty>twb mflesdnthedistancelhefcweghthat island
andMè.deira^ ft
- i ‘Captain. 'Mackintosh] ■of uheffiindostan,r:f,^)wihjaf;had'
“ made twenty passagessih*this' roufcéfi (generally ersjJeri-
'£ ‘ enced a current'from the thirty^nint|i'ïdegi<e'© o f d®É&
“ tude to that o f tke Canaries. In this.pa^hoftfche;PtMh
“ he »formerly fouhd, from repeated and-.aécurate ohseB-
‘fixations] that this cttrrent 'seU three degrees fifty, - i ö
“ dhte® *easèsoé[th^éaiti1 Hêfoubd it.strohgel#'©ppos-iee
to :fche.entranöê into the Mediterranean; vorrSymtsnlf
“ Gibr^terfiausd in öaefèvayige, -the mlrrent was^som4
“ pUted b y his: time-keepeir to set abbuf*fortjr na&lesda
“ day. This current .inclihes moreisautkeHyias it ap-
proaches>to; theiCanariesii It strikes.-on the^coisi; of
‘ f Barbaryfiand takes, abodb GapeBqj-acte, different and
‘‘ opposite!directions, near in shore; one. part running.
‘ S to the northward towards the 'Mediterranean, and the
“ other to dhe southward, ialong thei coast, towards the
“ Equatdr.”:
On the twentieth of October the island of Teneriffe
w^;pe-WeiVed»b|q«%^^^pl^;p'%!the Lion,' appearing Teneriffe.
thro®# th&hmev , The s h i p s did no%approach the land = = = = =
till thtealternoon^Mh^xt day-, and it.was-fopnd that1
tfip island,..when f i r s t ?iei,ght|em,(leagues
distant frdm the .ships. > The! P eaky 'or.MJ$most top °f Te-
neriffev-vyi^:in^a|inide w # h c ,th « ^ irtla h d s hEdhe |
ancient^ntinent, did no& appearp:asl theUshipS^ap-'
proayfigdl from! the morst h ^ W bn^ersto^thdidea^of
that lofty£emineno|| th,e imagi^ateorfi, was prepared
to find.. % 4 # ^ t 'hich:' arc
if,' on^thab-side^tookiMway; from.fe apparent
Wi^htrbut^^ssiSgeroo^n^oaisdtfftiLio^remembeEiri^
tuhayepsptSit; fromtsfeai^m.th^pp^it’e'W south-west
side ofitheisland, dcscrib^.i-tdasTisifigipfirp^endiculariy
f r ^ ^ o c e a n ,, marking its e)|ya tign^ thre WccC&ske
ianges,of light- clouds, like streaks^ ^ s s d t h
another; ’* between >eabh *p£ which it. wasadistinedyper-
eeptible*-until, at lasty it hid its^sbmmit in thei upped!
most of them.
: Sir Erasmus^dy^Cpbsel^esy'that/f^henoEth^ea^ot ,
“ Teneriffe, called Punto,de :Mag^fappearedyat-about:
‘hfour leaguesndistdffq,e#4t^be ai stPep bluff -point; -y^y
, like’ the Brk^im-headrgoing into Funcha&f^xfeept' thii.
^ . i i s higher. Thevka#||dHhe\nbr|hdrrnb^h^e^, waif
y. rocky and yery irregi|ia|, with -perpendicular p|aks,
1 and jteh^eC' :rocky.i>slteds=^off^middling < heighty!%-
3 tabbed, 'neac^mih, front,the main land.-Whfen. the
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