come black,, and the haju}s and f®gf; fwell.;. r^n t^ e tm id d le ^ ^ .the fum-
mit is aidjeepwreverfed qajpte, called A-hei cauld£ons*.about ,fiUy fathoms un?
diameter, and borderecj, with hideous calcmed ,^ogks, moftly ^ed or
wh ite ^ ifte perpendicular d eptk bging about 1-5 o?,feet: _at bottom
a r e ,perceivable' recfciih fpots,. upon a kind o f white-earth’tlike plafter,
and m i f f e d with folphur, which is Tomgtijhes fo volatile „a4 tf' -fvar-
porate from paper, and if folded up wi II-efeape^afteib b urning the pap er
and the p o c k e t^ ^A io u ftd .a fe la a u y little mouths, frpip one to. fo,yr
inches in diameter, which at fljort intervals refpire,-~as; k were,, h» -thick’
h o t fetid fmoko,;. T h e largeft hole, ahaufteigh$. inches in .diameter', is
Within the crater, exhaling with a found like the bellowing o f a bull;
add th e fmoke is fo hpt as inftantly to burn the hair*©£:tke. hand. Yet
the rocks immediately adjoining are levered-with wet mofs, dike 5tmfe
by th e fide o f a cafpade. On defeending about mid-way is vifitted a
cave in the midft o f the lava, which feems to pierce a jepnfiderabJq
depth, and to be paved with ice, above which' are about two fleet and a
half of the pureft water, h u t extremely c o ld : and there feemsa-n open-,
in g of-great depth, at one fide of the cave, through- which % ,is sfiii4
fome animals a fe en d to drink the water. In winter-this ^^^ea&hlojgked
up ; and th e fummit is covered with a. thigkTnow. refembling polifhed
iilver-.
The ancient inhabitants of the Canaries were eallcd’CInWiches by the
Spaniards, and were ftrangers to the ufe of iron, t-heir weapons anA in ,
ftruaaents being of what they called ta h o n a , or black obfidian. The
chief trees are wild olives, cypreffea, laurels, and pipes of two kinds.
It was reported by Spaniih writers that there was a tree in the ifle of
Ferro which gathered the vapours, fo that, dropping from the leaves,
the inhabitants were thus fupplied with water. The produft of thefe
iflands is wheat, barley, and oats; and the excellent Canary wine is
.chiefly from Tenerif and Palma, which alfo yield conftderable quantities
of fagar; while Gomera is noted for filk; and the tree yielding
the gum called dragon’s blood is not uncommon *. They have moft
European domeftic animals. The capital of the feven inhabited iflands
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^ s t h e S ^ n of.-Palina, in 'tlig , fij&'iof Canary’« b u t , i s : the mbit
T °PU'|$&- inhabitant* are F®|m-bMted‘ i t i 1403 n J m S w & x& h™ & * .
bekipg.^4 in -^ h ^ h
# b e ro^a-l a u d ie ii^ ;-Jfl wtaipli‘hè is‘wcfipeVt* b e ^ a bM ie c l a£ thS^apil
taU o fiC a n a r^ jTH ffe a sfp lrfiJ^ lW M M h rh a f;tfid e vtfith T e n e rif; and
.„the* wine is„ chiefly exported1 by tftef. E p g l i^W ^ if ^ r in l ftopes, from
fhe -ifle ^ f Ga-nary, and from -Fuerta Veaêdra^faMiffoffti an ariïelg ©f
T h e ?fflandW M adeira is*chief!y kablè for excelledt^wines^b'dln^
tÊ fd a t j t ^ l e é é k
^V e ra o ^ a ifd ’ a ^% M l# v a I è J te ^ ïfóuth
iidfe-of-i^êrifl’é, 'a haddforHe. wkÊ? th'oufa'n^llbh'ahfi
tarlts, The -JlfiF
-fs^-withithe EngKfh, whö*expört^ab8!& te n o r'tw e l fandhpidèsflf'
'firinb a'rfnulÉ^'y the retnaihder, ’ïa1^OT*ft‘tetirih'é\ifah’d l'beMg cdfifinhaf"1
i n ftiè^Uo\iniry. ' ' ‘'T ^ r i è h e f t 'm etxh&'S^ré^Eiigfiffifor Irifh ’
Th e 'r n f MVi ^ f f e ^ ' v iMa y : ^ h ï :?dtftatTc%s,^Pt ,vtrdË^-
Tqthre^lSl: Ë*. *is the fthafMllè o f Porto' B antè^only remdrk- -
’ahle^fn^mdmiftoryrif pOTtugni'efe difcfel^ry. It^P h ^ fr^ è f* aïfertSIè 'lié&è
ifle|hvi’th a-gpod-Mlhöur, rohranmesf Vrfitéd*^ E a ïr IndiS-ilms 1' -
oy^g^&Vptjdu»» j. 5^.
' * A t the diftance of about nine degrees, or 540 g. miles, to the N. W. are the Iflands of '
A zores, a bripf-^t-fcription of winch (hanld.havc ac_cbmp^r^dcl*-tli£it; a^b-hf-.y^pEonG'rjy- .
jbèio-njj to ÈÏMpj'tbeing about -thirteen t degrees ftom ^ S p t-'S . n® cenï ,!'
African fhorë is more diftant by at kaft one degr ee ; and their latitude rather connedte.them with' !
Europe than ’Siith Africa?: not to mention that they ;wtr£ fir^.<peej4p l by „Europeans, and thals •>
this portion of the globe is too fmall to abandon any appendage;, -
„ .. Tftlie. chief ifles of the Azores are St. Michelj ^ercer'af rPico. drtlte P^fei i^pdi®4yia'^ jvyith two
.fmafler f it itf 'the Weft called Florez ^ ^wtf^ ^^^ -Ptlttü éSefe
before-144:9, who gave them the name from the number of gofliawks, wh ch they, obferved here ■ '
remarkably tame,; there being neither man nor quadruped. In 1^66 the, PortBgueie king gave
them to liis lifter the Duchefs of Burgundy. They were colonized, by Flemings and Germans,
among whom was Job de Huerter, father-in-law of the celebrated geographer tVI:ar:tin Behaim,
who refided in Fayal. The fubfequent hiftory is rather obfeure Elemilh linhahitanfs,
feem to have always'aeknowledged the king of Portugal. A furious earthquake is faid to have
been félt here on the 9th July 1757. The Peak has a mountain of remarkable height, by fome.
reported to equal that ofTénerif, and which might well be affirmed as- the firft meridian of-longitude,
inftcad of the various and confilfed diftinftions recently, adopted. Thefe iOea^EM^^raUj-
mountainous, and expofed to earthquakes, and violent wipdS j yht~ they prop bee wheat>, 1
fruits, and abundance of woad. The chief is Tercera (whence they arc fometimes ftyled Ter-
S i f l s