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irately, the means which are employed in fuck 

 cafes, reftored him to life. 



In here teftifying my gratitude to the garrifoa 

 of Santa Cruz, for the eagernefs which they 

 ihewed in afiifting this poor fellow, I cannot pats 

 over in filence a piece of roguery q{ fomc of the 

 inhabitants of the town. 



This failor's clothes were hung up to dry, 

 while afliflance was adminiftered to him : none 

 e{ us could have had the fmallefl fufpicion of 

 what happened. Some people belonging to the 

 town, taking him, perhaps, already for dead, 

 thought that his clothes ought to' turn to the ac- 

 count of the living : they were ftolen, without 

 its being poffible to difcover the thieves. 



Citizens Riche and Blavier had, a day after us, 

 undertaken a journey to the Peak ; hut thefe two 

 naturalifts could not afcend to the fummit ; they 

 were ftill very far from it, when their lungs not 

 being able to withftand fo rarefied an atmofphere, 

 ihey were feized with a fpitting of blood, and 

 were obliged to renounce their enterprife. 



The following days were employed in viliting 

 the environs of Santa Cruz, where the country 

 is in general very barren. 



^The town, even in proportion to its little 



extent, affords a very thin population, although 



its'roadftead is the mod frequented of the ifland. 



The Spaniards have here introduced their ftyle 



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