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are those named by the Spanish planters cam- 

 burls or guineos, and dominicos. The carnburi, 

 which suffers the least from the cold, is even 

 cultivated with success at Malaga * ; but the 

 fruit which we see occasionally at Cadiz comes 

 from the Canary islands by vessels, which make 

 the passage in three or four days. In general, 

 the musa, known by every people under the tor- 

 rid zone, though hitherto never found in a wild 

 state, has as great a variety of fruit as our apple, 

 and pear trees. These varieties ^ which are 

 confounded by the greater part of botanists, 

 though they require a very different climate, 

 are become permanent by long cultivation. 



We went to herbalize in the evening towards 

 the fort of Passo Alto, along the basaltic rocks 

 that close the promontory of Naga. We were 

 very little satisfied with our harvest, for the 

 drought and dust had almost destroyed vegeta- 

 tion. The cacalia kleinia, the euphorbia cana- 

 densis, and several other succulent plants, which 

 draw their nourishment from the air rather than 

 the soil on which they grow, reminded us by 

 their appearance, that this group of islands be- 

 longs to Africa, and even to the most arid part 

 of that continent. 



Though the captain of the ship had orders to 

 stop long enough at Teneriffe, to give us time 



* The mean temperature of this town is only 18°. 

 t Nouv. Esp. t. ii, p. 362. 



