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fine weather, and we were at noon in latitude 

 SQ"" 32', longitude 13° 3\ We found a great dif- 

 ference in the temperature of the air, and had 19° 

 heat, according to Reaumer's thermometer. On 

 the 21st we passed the latitude of Gibraltar, when 

 we perceived that the current had carried us in two 

 days twenty miles to the E.S.E. At noon, on the 

 23d, we were in latitude 30^ 3&\ longitude 15° 20''. 

 We had a perfect calm, and the sea was co- 

 vered with red locusts, two inches long, of which 

 we caught a great number. Our naturalists af- 

 firmed that they came from Africa, and were pro- 

 bably driven from the coasts by a storm, and pe- 

 rished in the sea J for as we were 600 sea miles from 

 tliat continent, it could scarcely be supposed that 

 they could have taken so long a flight. On the 25th, 

 at noon, we observed, from the mast-head, the 

 Salvages, which lay in a W.S.W. direction. The 

 chronometers, to my no little joy, gave their longi- 

 tude accurately, which spoke in favour ^f their 

 goodness. On the 27th, at noon, we descried the 

 Peak of Teneriffe, which lay 100 sea miles distant 

 from us. A fresh north wind inspired us with the 

 hopes of reaching our intended object on the fol- 

 lowing day ; and, in fact, on the 28th, at eleven 

 o'clock, we cast anchor at the town of Santa Cruz. 

 I immediately received a visit from Don Carlos. 

 Adan, the captain of the port, who had filled that 

 office when Captain Krusenstern made his voyage, 

 and was likewise very serviceable to him.. He has 



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