36 TENERIFFE. 
Here wc procured, -with some difficulty, a pair of fresh 
mules for two of our servants, who had proceeded thus far on 
foot ; and whilst the others were refreshing we looked into one 
of the churches, where we observed a few tolerably good 
paintings, and a piece of sculpture in marble that had lately 
been sent over from Spain. All the^ ornaments and decora- 
tions of the church were splendid and costl}', and were so 
well designed and arranged as to produce a grand and solemn 
effect. Our time was too pressing, and our curiosity not suf- 
ficiently strong, to look over, as we might have done, theii* 
collection of relics. The coagulated blood of St. Januarius, 
Ihe milk of the Virgin, the vermin of St. Anthony, and the 
])arings of St. Peter's toe nails, might be just as genuine in the 
Canary Islands as on the continent of Europe, and just as well 
worth seeing ; but the wonders of nature were more the ob- 
jects of our journey than the miraculous remains of the 
saints. 
Having finished our visit to the church and eaten a hearty 
breakfast of grapes and brown bread, we were just about to 
remount, when a strange cavalcade made its appearance in 
the great street. It proved to be a party of our fellow^ 
voyagers from the Ilindostan, respectably mounted on asses 
and driving before them a large, raw-boned, white horse, 
laden with provisions. Our increased cavalcade now began to 
attract some notice ; and as we continued our route throuoh 
ihe streets of Laguna, the curiosity of the inhabitants was in 
some degree awakened, and the young Avomen in particular 
smiled on us most graciously through the lattices as we 
passed along. ' 
