fcU^ïi&ievleral deep'ridulöts along ;the~side o f the.road.
“ The feeds, thÉn,diappeteed to be dry.; and opportu-
*:‘yïntiés- uS^iid^in two places, 'óf «observing hollo wsjdt
‘.‘»Jleasb,-*tKipty feet. deepT s th e y .exhibited no volj&ifd
“ appearance whatever. . Immediately .under theosu-
“ percial soil was a ll^ e r of /deep; loam; next, oneiöf
‘ 1 tough ;elay:;i and alLbèlow, was am irregular mixture
“ o f clay and sand; About* t womi i es further • on, the
“ hills were contiguous to the road. They consisted'of
‘*1 layers t o f indurated clay,* and clayi'and* ik>n«®re,"
“ similar'tb thosiy-diseovered iin Madeira: they?bbre no
^ marks of the action o f fire. ft
About three miles nearer to Orotava, YÜiagë
Infatuated Oirtlle summit of a hill, the-volcanic^tppear- 9 ilncésuagai® 'began, and continued, - Without? dmterrtfp-
^iftihffstb lifet town. The stones and shining MsaSfidy
“ upon the beach, are all volcanic; and from- thence to'
“ the Peak every: rock and I stone,T that lay upon.^bfe
“ surface, and the surface itself, are the pure productions
“ of volcanoes. The glassy lava, the true pumice stone,
“ begins! to; be found only about the great basis of thd.
“ Peak;' There is in the island no pure flint, or sand-
“ stone. Its mountains are of two sorts; one; evidently,
«volcanic ; the other, primary,;and composed of indu-
“ ratedl clay; o d of clay and calx nf iron. In the* low
“ plains there-are layers of loose sand and soft argilla-
“ ceohs earth.”
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,in length, and« ifs
m^triiybB6adth:Mfe'a,buut’i t^ e h ^ 5 ^ ||soi.fSra.les. jJtäts^&urßlGg '
amounts to ^j^Jpspifeapid,flve hund$e|f :au?4forfeitsq<üare
mifeg -,t h^llg!pa<ä o u t sixtyrfivei'per son’s, to
the sqhfererdnilpBMfThe UumbEpp^erpst is-paineHiundred
ä n ^ jje ig jp itxÄ P Ü s a o d six hundred, iVvddBljfisp.upon
^ltó^er|§@ï#$a,lW8tisWif4®US5to p$priypihdi$&dual in it;s
th^p p tab e r; óf i nh abitahtsdafeingspalculatéd toibelnearl^i
one hundred felgprisflpdw vjof < is,
$jdfy n ■ Sjpapisih'ï.eölönie^ll’hir South
AmeripaJu ijig^asp,, th^ |numbelMpf|fe.reigrM{Seblër§
thp fe^or the ^purpo&eboJji^umerha3piU!^*gI:;thee;m'ulti^
■fayk^vhstill ui©mai||pjp,ï ofnfee inatsi>yeA andlfor^uppurt*-;
ing^fahyadominion of the Spaniards sdvej- Ahem.ft|®he
p^r^lT^niiiilJflaiPpersuaded 'pasilyrltóiwi^rath^as' the
prOp^teBgyftffith e <land dofp^lgiy^thejn, sjdfioientuem-
pl^pnept through m^^heaAeanaländ th'e!)| haA^höÄ the,
jpsourpe o£-manuia^ur.ést^-xcépty^itri^i.tKg^om'a xn sifkf
cl^i^y,;Stpfl|ijfg^vt[;Theij^i§|;ï©fd:ab®®r'5k;.uhd(e*Uïi,sihil''-
lfn&r%d%y a^find a^l^sidetporh^and^^mfesi tHdïp&EÊeipal
fopd^pf* .thef&CQinmon ®ppple.-,isdcpnfin.ßd|<1 to jjeoddrsh,
cajlght off fth e?neighbouring;'Coasfaof Africa, or imported
from North Amerl&ml^|
Yet the ipeffpl-opMefflOt milphtJsyafhj^^Q^di'sease;. and
instaneesj-pfrlongevity^<ti&4tojan .'hundredpyears-, 'ate
said , not itpfbe spare amongst them .: .Thetaiagi« fdry and
put©. The.yaji.ajipffs of the therdiomét'er seldom exceed
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