OF LA PF.fcOUSE. 9 



< afioned a heat fo much the more inconvenient, 

 as the dead calm left them their full power. 



I remarked among the plants which grow in 

 the environs of Santa Cruz, a woody melhTa, 

 known to botanifts under the name of melijfa 

 fruticofa, the. Jaccharum Tenerijfa, the cacalia 

 kk'mia, the datura met el, t\\e cfo-jfanthemum fruc- 

 tefcenSy &c. 



The beautiful tree known by the name 

 of the fair poinciana (poinciana pulcherrima) con- 

 stituted the ornament of fome of the gardens. 



This fame evening, Citizen Ely, ftruck by the 

 odd garb of fome women belonging to the 

 town, who, at the time even of the greateft heat, 

 wear a fort of very thick woollen cloak, was 

 employed in taking a fketch of them, when a 

 fentry came and interrupted him, thinking that 

 he was taking a plan of the road. It was to no 

 purpofe that he fhewed him that he was only 

 copying a drefs ; the faldier would not let him 

 finifh his drawing. 



We had brought up too near a fmall veflel : 

 for this reafon, we in the afternoon carried out 

 an anchor towards the fhore, by means of which 

 we kept at a proper diftance from her. 



Our bearings, taken from this point, were as 

 follow : 



The redoubt to the north of the town, north- 

 caft by eaft, 4 eaft, and the great tpwer fituated 



about 



