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vineyards were planted, and where we frequently 

 saw the date-tree, (Phcenia; dactijlifera, L.) in 

 gardens fenced in with the American aloe. At 

 noon, we had proceeded so fat, that we could be- 

 hold from an eminence the town of Laguna and its 

 spacious harbour, which was full of ships. But as 

 we had fixed to be on board on the evening of 

 the following day, we did not proceed, but turned 

 back, when it was already getting dark, to seek 

 our night's lodging in a large village. The rain 

 fell in torrents during the night ; which washed 

 the streets so clean, that it was very good walking 

 on the following day, and we had already reached 

 Laguna about noon. We took from this place 

 the nearest way along the high road to Santa Cruz, 

 which lasted a few hours. On this road we met 

 two loaded camels, of a dun colour. 



Among the sixty-two plants, which we collected 

 during these three days, in such unfavourable 

 weather, we found thirty peculiar to the Canary or 

 Madeira islands, thirty that these islands have in 

 common with Europe, and only two with Africa. 

 The number of the dicotyledones, amounts to 

 forty-six ; and that of the monocotyledones to only 

 nine ; the first are therefore as five to one. We 

 only found seven kinds of ferns. 



On the 14th of November, after we had passed 

 Cape Verd islands, we caught three sharks, 

 {Squalus gknwifs, L.) which had followed a boat 

 that was sent out to examine a large piece of wood 



