VOYAGE TO NEW SOUTH WALES. 
and entreated to be taken on board ; but, though they much 
wanted men, they would have nothing to do with him. 
Having committed himfelf again to the waves, he was driven 
by the wind and the current, in the courfe of the night, 
to a fmall ifland lying to leeward of the fhips, where he was 
tlie next morning taken. The boat and oars, which he 
could not conceal, led to a difcovery; othervv'ife he would 
probably have effeded his efcape. When brought back by 
the party fent after him. Captain Phillip ordered him into 
irons, in which ftate he remained for fome time ; but at 
length, by an artful petition he got written for him, he fo 
wrqught on the governor's humanity, as to procure a releafe 
from his confinement. 
As you approach the ifland of Teneriffe, and even whea; 
you are near to it, the appearance from the fea conveys no 
very favourable idea of its fertility ; one rugged, barren- 
hill or mountain terminating in another, until it forms- 
the famous Peak. The town of Santa Cruz is large and 
populous, but very irregular and ill built ; fome of the 
private houfes, however, are fpacious, convenient, and 
well conftru£led. Although this town is not confidered as 
the capital, Laguna enjoying that pre-eminence, yet I can- 
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