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'776- at the Cape of Good Hope, I determined to touch at Tene- 

 u — V— — » riffe, to get a fupply of thefe, and of the ufual refrefliments 

 for aurfelves ; thinking that ifland, for fuch purpofes, bet- 

 ter adapted than Madeira. At four in the afternoon of the 

 Wednef. 31. 31(1, we faw Teneriffc, and fleered for the eaftern part. At 

 nine, being near it, we hauled up, and flood off and on 

 during the night. 



Auguft. At day-Ught, on the morning of the ift of Augufl, we 



Thurfdayi. £-^-|g^ rouud the Eaft Point of the ifland; and, about eight 

 o'clock, anchored on the South Eafl fide of it, in the Road 

 of Santa Cruz, in twenty-three fathoms water ; the bottom, 

 fand and owze. Punta de Nago, the Eafl point of the Road, 

 bore North 64° Eafl ; St. Francis's church, remarkable for its 

 high fleeple, Well South Weft ; the Pic, South 65' Weft; 

 and the South Weft point of the Road, on which ftands a 

 fort or caftle, South 39° Weft. In this fituation, we moored 

 North Eaft and South Weft, with a cable each way, being 

 near half a mile from the fliore. 



We found, riding in this Road, La BoufTole, a French fri- 

 gate, commanded by the Che'uaUer de Borda ; two brigantines 

 of the fame nation ; an Englifh brigantine from London, 

 bound to Senegal ; and fourteen fail of Spanifla velTels. 



No fooner had wc anchored, than we were vifited by the 

 Mafter of the Port, who fatisfied himfelf with afking the 

 fliip's name. Upon his leaving us, I fent an oflicer afhore, 

 to prefent my rcfpe<fts to the Governor ; and to afk his leave 

 to take in water, and to purchafe fuch articles as we were 

 in want of. All this he granted with the greateft politenefs; 

 and, foon after, fent an ofhcer on board, to compliment me 

 on my arrival. In the afternoon, I waited upon him in per- 

 fon, accompanied by fome of my officers ; and, before 1 



returned 



