10 VOYAfiE IN* SEARCH 



about the middle of the town, wen-fouth- 

 weft. 



On the 14th, at funrife, each of the forts re~ 

 turned with nine guns, the falute which we had 

 given them with the like number. We had 

 fired a falute of fifteen for the citadel, which 

 returned it gun for gun, about noon. 



A packet, arriving from Spain, came and an- 

 chored in the road. 



We had formed the project of undertaking, 

 the very next day, a journey to the Peak, and 

 of vifiting fucccfiively the high mountains of the 

 ifland. The French Conful was anxious to 

 a fiord us all the afllfrance in his power, and he 

 pave us a letter of recommendation for M. de 

 Cologant, a rcfpcctable merchant refiding at 

 Orotava. 



On the 1 5th, about four o'clock in the morning, 



we repaired to the Mole, to the number of eight; 



namely, Develle, one of the orncers of our fhip; 



Piron, Defchamps, Lahaye, three fcrvants, an4 



: one of the lervants was iufficiently ac- 



I with the Spanifh language to act as our 



ound on the landing-place, by 



rne of the mules which were de(- 



d for us ; but upwards of an hour elapfcd 



foxc we were able to begin our journey j for 



no cafv matter to afremble lbmc of the 



o, know . well that we fhould 



not 



