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oeeci 'o Santa Cruz by the fhorteft road. We 

 had however agreed at Orotava, that on our 

 return we mould follow the back of thefe moun- 

 tains. But we had not all the fame views; ac- 

 cordingly we let go on board thofe who had 

 no longer any with to gratify; and the gardener 

 and I remained, with the intention of con- 

 tinuing our refearches. All the guides would 

 follow thofe who were going on board ; and I 

 had no fmall difficulty in pcrfuading one of 

 them to accompany us. 



Among the plants which bedecked the decli- 

 vity of the rocks, I had the pleafure of finding 

 the beautiful campanula with gold-colour flowers, 

 (campanula aurea), the frenanthes f'mnata, the 

 aduintum reniforme, a fpecies of adiantum, remark- 

 able for its foliage, which is much larger than 

 that of Europe. 



As water was very fcarce on thefe heights, we 

 directed our fteps towards a fmall dwelling, 

 near which we rightly pre fumed that there muft 

 flow fome rivulet. In fact, we found a fine 

 fpring, the water of whieh, equally delicious and 

 limpid, loflitfelf in the. bofom of the earth, after 

 ing appeared an infiant on its fur face. 

 :>le-trecs, loaded with fruit, adorned the 



.habitants i Ihis fruit 

 afforded f<> much fatisfaclion to a fervant belong- 

 to the fhip, that while we were employ 



vifiting 



