Animals and Trade of the Ganarie’s. 1 1 
They are alfo well ftocked with Horfes,^«-i<599 
Cows, Affes, Mules, Sheep, Goats, Hogs,^-""’^^^ 
Conies, and plenty of Deer. The La^cerot 
Horfes are faid to be the moft mettlefome, 
fleer, and loyal Horfes that are. LaftJy, here 
are many Fowls, as Cocks and Hens, Dueks, 
Fidgeons, Patridges, &c. with plenty of Fifh, 
as Mackril, &c. All the Iflands have 
' of thefe Commodities and Provifions more or 
lefs : But as Lancerota is moft fam’d for Hor- 
fes, and Grand Canary , Teneriffe^ and Palma. 
for Wines , . Tenerife efpecially for the beft 
Malmefy, (for which reafon thefe 3 Iflands 
have the chief Trade) fo is Forfeventura iov 
Dunghil-Fowls , and Gomera for Deer. 
Fowls and other Eatables are dear on the 
Trading Iflands ; but very plentiful and cheap 
on the other ; and therefore ’tis beft for fuch 
Ships as are going out on long Voyages, and 
who defign to take in but little Wine, to 
touch rather at thefe laft ; where alfo they 
may be fupply’d with Wine enough, and 
good cheap : And for my own part, if I had 
known it before I came hither, I fhould have 
gone rather to one of thofe Iflands than to 
Tenerife : But enough of this, 
’Tis reported they can raife 12000 armed 
Men on this Ifland. The Governor or Gene- 
ral (as he is call’d) of all the Canary Iflands 
lives at Laguna : His Name is Don Pedro de 
Ponto. He is a Native of this Ifland, and 
was not long fince Prefident of Panama in the 
Somh Seas • who bringing fome very rich 
Pearls 
