JOUR N E Y 



TO THE 



EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS 



OF 



THE NEW CONTINENT. 



CHAPTER III. 



Passage from Teneriffe to the coasts of South 

 America. — The Island of Tobago. — Arrival 

 at Cumana. 



We left the road of Santa Cruz the evening of 

 the 25th of June, and directed our course to- 

 ward South America. The wind blew strong 

 from the north-east, and the waves were short, 

 and broken from the opposition of the currents. 

 We soon lost sight of the Canary islands, the 

 lofty mountains of which were covered with a 

 reddish vapour. The Peak alone appeared from 

 time to time in the breaks, as the wind, which 

 must have blown strong in the upper regions of 



