WHITE'S JOURNAL OF A 
With thefe the ifland abounds; and, in their feafon, pro^ 
duces not only the tropical fruits, but the vegetable produc- 
tions of the European gardens, in the greateft plenty. Te- 
neriffe enjoys an agreeable and healthful mediocrity of climate. 
Indeed I know of none better adapted for the refloration of 
a valetudinarian ; as, by going into the mountains, he may 
graduate the air, and chufe that ftate of it which bed fuits 
his complaint. But although the inhabitants are thus healthy, 
and have fo little occafion for medical aid, they loudly com- 
plain of the want of knowledge in the profeflional gentlemen, 
of the ifland. 
The prefent governor has eftablifhed a manufactory of filk 
and woollen goods in the fuburbs of Santa Cruz, which is 
carried on by poor children, old and infirm people, and by 
abandoned females, with a view to reclaiming them ; an 
inftitution that will ever do honour both to his excellency, 
and to thofe who have liberally aided him in fo laudable a 
fcheme. 
Like the inhabitants of moft catholic countries, the 
people of this ifland are very profufe in decorating their 
churches, and even their dwelling-houfes, on the feftivals 
held in honour of their faints. This being Corpus Chrtfit^ a 
day 
