‘ ■ ship was'.nejuly ‘abreast?I©f ihe .iiDrthrsasfc end of lib«
“ island, its soufhem extremity was perceived sloping
“ very gradually to a low point, known by the name
u «if Funto Frieta. The island, called the Grand Canary ,
was sepn lying to the south ;
‘f road and town û f-Santa Cruz, in TenerifEe, seven or
“ eight miles from F unto de Nago. Tho that point
“ looked like a rugged rock* the other hills had trees
and verdnre to their very tops/” Sir Erasmus 'Qo.weîr
mentioned, that “ the Ljori anchored in twenty^ fa-
“ thorns, the south-east point of th^ysland !open, a
“ sail’s breadth, with th e ça§tlerq?oint healing. sbpth-t
“ west by west, and the
‘‘ east by north half north, distance off shore about one
‘| quarter of a .mile.
“ The anchoring ground is, in .general, very .bad.? it
“ is advisable, therefore, for ships that call at,this place,
“ in the winter months, merely for the purchase of rer
freshments, not to come to an anchor, but to stand oft
“■ and on, sending a boat on shore, to go. through the|
‘An^essary forms, with the governor, and to order the:
“ supplies to be put oa board. The little additional
‘ ‘. trouble, and seeming inconvenience of this mode, are
‘ ‘ sufficiently made up by the preservation of.the cables,
“ the .safety, of the ship, and exemption from anxiety.1
“ Eyen.in the summer months it is necessary, to buoy
“ the.sabfesj.jnd to moor.with as little cable, as .possible.
“ The, place ihdefexided by foatterfes- and' a.line öf mus- i
“ quetry towards the Isea^ithé shore! is- fenced with rocks
‘,‘iahd large jstonb'sj and the stbrge.is constantly,só high
f | - as td render It almost: inaGte^ibJfofo boats. There is
“T £dod mole Or pieiv projefctingrsinto the sea, where
X fboats may land in all seasbnsfeat its'extrhifiitydM
“ battery;of»*four brass',;guxis. Thé piep is likewise de*
“ Fended by a well built square ferb, which appears in
“ good condition. Abdut eighty yards to thé Southward
“ o f the pief is A creek atoongfthé ^
“ are landed in mild weather.; Thdre arè MtS = and
“ small battend? to ;the northward aAd.söuth'ward of the
“ molev^xteh'dirig half a mile each waymv.Tbey aré all
-Vi?S)f. themmfose? to thfe sea shore. Thé force of each is
“ from itw® to/four gums.: The militik consists of: all
t‘ persons capable of bearing arins in the island. The
M idgnlar troopsyimiduling affillery, do nbt exceed three
S^Jiukdred-men. ’ ’ ■
A Beside the: defences -of art, and those already mentioned
:tó* be furnished byj mature,: another- arises ftom
Teneriffe.
thêlevidemt danger to which, hostile ships.mpstthei'sex1-
posed* as the? wind is scaiCely^ever! favourable »to-'get
away From the land, andieseajke the fire, o f the-batteries
on shore, ;im case of failure of success. To this i laliger
did thé: gallant Admiral Blakb,§fi therdosirrf <fomg
his country Isérvioe, renddr h i m s e l f liable, iai a. tfvur
with Spain, in l&?i, whem he attacked ;a leet of