CHAPTER II. 



Slay at Teneriffe. — Journey from Santa Cruz 

 to Orotava.- -Excursion to the top of the Peak 

 of Teyde. 



From the time of our departure from Graciosa, 

 the horizon continued so hazy, that notwithstand- 

 ing the considerable height of the mountains of 

 Canary*, we did not discover this island till the 

 evening of the 18th of June. It is the granary 

 of the archipelago of the Fortunate islands, and 

 what is very remarkable in a region situate be- 

 yond the limits of the tropics, we were assured, 

 that in some districts, there are two wheat har- 

 vests in the year ; one in February, and the 

 other in June*f~. Canary has never been visited 

 by a learned mineralogist ; yet this island is so 

 much the more worthy of observation, as the 

 physiognomy of it's mountains, disposed in pa- 

 rallel chains, appeared to me to differ entirely 

 from that of the summits of Lanzerota and Te- 



* Isla de la Gran Can aria, 

 t Ledra, Voyage a Teneriffe, t. i, p. 37. 



