Extract of a Tour, by Mr. Glas. 



Extract of an Account of a Tour made at the 

 Top of the Peake of Teneriffe^ by Mr, Glas, 

 in the year 1761, 



" The Island of Teneriffe, the highest and most conspi- 

 cuous of that groupe which has been called the Canaries, is 

 situated in the Atlantic Ocean ; and the Peake, which is by 

 much the highest point, and resembling in form a cone or 

 sugar loaf,- has been much noticed by those who have had 

 occasion to pass near it and view its prodigious height. 



" In the month of September, 1761, about four 

 in the afternoon, 1 set out in company with a friend 

 from Port Oratava, to visit the top of the Peake. We 

 had with us a servant, a muleteer, and a guide ; after 

 ascending gradually for about six miles, we arrived at 

 sun set at the most distant house on this side, and 

 which stands in a hollow; here we found an aque- 

 duct, and our servants watered the cattle, and filled 

 some barrels with water to serve on our expedition. The 

 valley is very beautiful, abounding with odoriferous trees 

 and plants, and near the houses are several fields of Indian 

 corn ; and on this side of the island, the natives have two 

 crops of grain in the year. Mounting again we travelled 

 upon a steep road, through trees and shrubs, till we arrived 

 at that part which is constantly overhung with clouds, and 

 close to a large wood (it being now midnight) we alighted, 

 made a fire, and supped ; and then went to sleep under the 

 bushes. 



" The moon appearing bright, we mounted again, 

 and travelled slowly through an excessively bad road, re- 



