JO VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



of building ; the infidc of their houfes is laid 

 out in the fame manner as that which they have 

 adopted in Europe, without any of the modifi- 

 cations to which the difference of the climate 

 ought, perhaps, to have given birth. 



The governor-general of the Canaries makes 

 Santa Cruz his ufual reiidence. 



There are here feveral convents of men and 

 of women. A parifh-church, where gilding is dif- 

 tributed with all the profufion of falfe tafte, is 

 likewife to be remarked for the bad choice of its 

 pictures. 



In the public fquare there is to be fcen a 

 handfome fountain ; the water is conveyed from 

 a great diftance acrofs the mountains, by wooden 

 pipes. The flreets are ill paved ; mod of the 

 windows arc without glafs ; they are fhut by- 

 Venetian blinds, which the women draw up 

 very often, when their curiofity or fome other 

 motive induces them to let themfelves be feen. 



The rich women arc dreficd in the French 

 tafte : the others cover their fhouldcrs with a 

 piece of coarfe woollen fluff, which forms a fort 

 of cloak extremely inconvenient, under a very 

 warm Iky ; a hat of black felt, with a broad 

 brim, fhelters them from the rays of the fun ; 

 their fkin is darkened by a mixture with the 

 natives of the ifiand ; and their features, in 

 general, arc far from being agreeable. 



The 



