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of Orotava, where we heard the unexpected news> 

 that the Pizarro would not set sail till the 24th 

 or 25th. If we could have calculated on this 

 delay, we should either have lengthened our 

 stay* on the Peak, or made an excursion to the 

 volcano of Chahorra, We passed the following 

 day in visiting the environs of Orotava, and en- 

 joying the agreeable company we found at Mr. 

 Cologan's. We perceived, that the abode at 

 Teneriffe was interesting not only to those whose 

 business is the study of nature ; we found at 

 Orotava several persons, who have a taste for 

 literature and music, and who have transplanted 

 into these distant climates the amenity of Euro- 

 pean society. In these respects, the Canary is- 

 lands have no great resemblance to the other 

 Spanish colonies, excepting the Havannah. 

 We were present, the eve of St. John, at a 



* As a great number of travellers, who land at Santa Cruz, 

 do not undertake the excursion to the Peak, because they are 

 ignorant of the time which it takes, it may be useful to lay 

 down the following data : In making use of mules as far as the 

 Station of the English, it takes twenty-one hours from Oro- 

 tava to arrive at the summit of the Peak, and return to the 

 port j namely, from Orotava to the Pino del Dornajito three 

 hours j fr om the Pino to the Station of the Rocks six 

 hours ; and from this station to the Caldera three hours and 

 a half. I reckon nine hours for the descent. In this valua- 

 tion I count only the time employed in walking, and no way 

 that which is necessary to examine the productions of the 

 Peak, or to take repose. Half a day is sufficient to go from 

 Santa Cruz to Orotava. 



