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ufeful and induftrious,. in a couhtry-yheie ■ the poor, from
the indulgence bf'the,, climate,- are too apt to prefer a life
of inactivity, though attended with wretche.dnefe, to obtaining
the comforts of life by induflry and labour. -
The number of inhabitants in the iiland, Twas informed,
were eftimatediat between eighty and one hundred thoü-
fnnd. Their annual export of wineis twenty thoufand pipes,
and of brandy half that, quantity. Yeplsriare frequently
here from St. Euftatia, and from thence a great quantity o f
Teneriffe wine is carried-to the different patts pf'tfee Wgff
Indies,; under the name of Madeira.
Teneriffe ;is coitfidefed- o f mere value than, all the other
Canaries : thè inhabitants,-however,, in, fcar.ee deafpns receive
fupplies.from the GrandvC-anary *, but their vineyards
here axe faid to be greatly fhperior. -Their produfcs'of cörn,
though exceedingly good, is-, not fufficient f f S-their .cony
fumption; and, owingTo this, the Arperigans haye ,an, advantageous
trade here for their flour and grain, and take
wine, in return* .
■ The town of 'Santa Cruz is about half a mile in ejet-ent
pach way, built in a regular manner, and the^ hpufes^iuge^.
neral large and airy, but the-ff reels are very iff paved, f l am
told, that they-are fubjedt to fewdifeafes; hut i f any epijv
demic diftemper breaks out,-it is/atfended -yith the,mpjt
fatal confequpnces, particularly th-e^fmall-pox, thy bad effects
of which they now endeavour to.£ountera£f by inoculation.
For this reafon, they are-yery cirqiimfpe'dt.in
admitting fhips to have communication with thé .fhore
without bills of health. ,
t Afloop from London,called-theChance,William-Meridith,
maffer, hound to-Barbadoes, out -nineteen days from,the
Downs, came into the road the day before we failed. Shehadr
fuffered
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fuffered much by the had, weather'; but, haying brought
po- -bifl- o£-:hoakb,TsNheigoyeritor dvo«Ld: not allow any per- — '
,fon tO'*eq«nepon- fhore, unfcfsiJ .could yopeh f r l them,
that, no-upiden|h? diffeafe imaged v in England -at the Time
.they failed, rwhiefrsl l p | able y«i,hT,:hheirig -nearly.at the
fameTipie that I-dbfr.thsHandy and-hydthat means They
hadjthgrgnyetpods permifladnxto tgcpiyejtfhe flip,plies they
wanted, without deinginfeliged fo perfomaiquarantine. , • >
Having finifh/d our bufmefs at Teneriffe, on Thurfday ThMfl*y io.
jhe ioth; werfkiled-wi-th'thpjwind af ppr| flii$s? COhif
pany-,all in, good' health .and fpirffs. r,; oVt ;ncr,ri
, I nojy divjded th.e-peoplr |?$ | tbree and
the charge p f • the-, third watchifo jMr^Jfl.efcber .Chrifffan,
^pno pf-thejulates.—7*l»haye_ ffjiyaysdfbnfldereffthist.-asj-ai deferable,
rcg^vlhbin,, when -circuinff anoc^i w iff ,ofi t , on
many^counts ;,-a»d api^petfuadfd -that mpferohen^reff ;not
only n0ntrihute§imnGff?le^ar^fthe'hetilthr,n|^i ffH§s%,c@Jlk
pany, but png-hles, them- mpre ;re^dily;hh®^f|dhe#ffi^'es • f
/'iff bales.oFfudden emergency. ' ,bn;T„^y Jr Jfd'y*
ffvA^il-W#5 my- wifh, mjprpqepd^nA^hehe yvithout- JJpp- . r
ping, I - ordered,ev©tfeh®dyjthhe?5ajt d ^ jib h d s -ahowance
of-brqad: jLaife direeffed- thecwatgrff(?r drinking- tp-be-ffl-
utered thrpugh dripftones jhatThad^ bought ^{Teneriffe for
that^urpofe« - > ■ ip|fj ' 8 'Ihd 1 BU B M IE ' BMl
In 4they«Mng'/5?g(,lgrf^d.':the, fouth.e^.^^Tfnenffe,
vdnc&is a roindffuvuppf l a n d , t h a t , , f r o m , I f
yCPptiguo'fl land,has fla p p 'd * .1W ^W iP fc a ffep a y r
tate iflan,ds ‘ffy)(g.pjrunfrofn the, jt>ay. iSuxita. qjua, J make
the latitude of the f o ' u t h ^
We ran all .nighj towards 1^> h%viPgr at
I T h e ; n e x t morning-jyq^e^uldj^e^i^othing.pfttheland.
I now madethe flhp^’cp^pqny aeqi^nted with the intent.
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