Trade-Wind. Pike of Ten. 
Having refrefh’d my Men afhore, and 
' ken in what we had occafion for, I Sail’d a- 
way from Santa Cruz on Feb. 4. in the After- 
noon ; haftening out all I could, becaufe the 
N. E. Winds growing ftormy made fo great 
Sea, that the Ship was fcarce fafe in the Road; 
and I was glad to get out, tho’ we left behind 
feveral Goods we had bought and paid for: 
For a Boat could not go afliore ; and the ftrels 
was fo great in weighing Anchor, that the 
Cable broke. I defign’d next for the I. of 
MajOy one of the C. Verd Iflands ; and ran 
away with a ftrong N. E. Wind, right afore 
it, ajll that Night and the next Day, at the 
rate of 10 or 11 Miles an hour; when it 
flacken’d to a more moderate Gale, The Ca- 
nary Iflands are, for their Latitude, within 
the ufual Verge of the True or General 
Trade-Wind; which I have obferv’d to be, 
on this fide the Equator, N. Eafterly : But 
then lying not far from the African Shore, 
they are mofl: fubje£t to a N, Wind, which 
is the Coafting and confiant Trade ^ l^weeping 
that Coafl: down as low as to C. Ferd ; which 
fpreading in breadth, takes in moftly the Ca- 
nary Iflands ; tho’ it be there interrupted fre- 
quently with the True Trade-Wind , N. 
Weft- Winds, or other Shifts of Wind that 
Iflands are Subjeft to ; efpecially where they 
he many together. The Pike of Tenerife., 
which had generally been Clouded while we 
lay at Santa Cruz, appear’d now all white 
with Snow , hovering over the other Hills; 
but 
