WHITE'S JOURNAL OF A 
fuch as the corrigedor, lieutenant of the police, &c. and ^ 
judge whofe bufinefs it is to regulate commercial affairs^ 
An office of inquilition, with the proper officers, delegated 
from, and fubjed to, the tribunal of the holy office held at 
Grand Canary, is befides eftabliffied here. 
• The prefent natives of this illand feem to have in therrt 
rery little of the ftock from whence they fprung ; intermar- 
riages with the Spaniards have nearly obliterated all traces 
©f the original flamina : they are of a middle ftature, in- 
clining to be flender, and of a dark complexion, with large 
animated black eyes- The peafants in general are wretch- 
edly clothed ; when they do appear better, they are habited 
in the Spaniffi faffiion. The men, in a genteeler line, dref^ 
very gaily, and are feldom feen without long fwords. It is 
remarked, that few of them walk with dignity and eafe 
which may be attributed to the long cloaks they ufually 
wear, except on particular occalions- 
The women wear veils i thofe worn by the lower ranks- 
are of black fluff, thofe of the higher, of black filk ; and 
fuch among the latter as have any claim to beauty, are 
far from being over careful in concealing their faces by 
them* The young ladies, fome of whom I faw that were 
really 
