Pike of Ten. Wines. Oratavia. 9 
cfpecially for fuch as have not Bufinefs that<4«-i^99' 
calls them for and often from home : For the 
Ifland being generally Mountainous, fteep 
and craggy, full of Rifings and Fallings, ’tis 
very troublefome Travelling up and down in 
it, unlefs in the Cool of the Mornings and 
Evenings: And Mules and Affes are moft 
us’d by them, both for Riding and Carriage, 
as fitted for the Itony, uneven Roads. 
Beyond the Mountains, on the S. W. fide, 
ftill further up, you may fee from the Town 
and Plain a fmall peeked Hill, overlooking 
the reft. This is that which is called the 
Pike of Tenerijfe , fo much noted for its 
heighth : But we faw it here at fo great a 
difadvantage, by reafon of the nearnefs of the 
adjacent Mountains to us, that it looked in- 
confiderable in refpe£l to its Fame. 
The true Mdmefj Wine grows in this 
Ifland ; and this here is faid to be the beft of 
its kind in the World. Here is alfo Camrj- 
Wine, and Verdom^ or Green-wine. The 
Camry grows chiefly on the Weft-fide of the 
Ifland ; and therefore is commonly font to 
Oratuvia ; which being the ch’ef Sea- port for 
Trade in the Ifland, the principal Engli[h 
Merchants refide there , with their Conful ; 
becaufe we have a great Trade for this Wine. 
I was told, That that Town is bigger than 
Lagufja ; that it has but one Church, but ma- 
ny Convents: That the Port is but ordinary 
at beft, and is very bad when the N. W. 
Winds blow. Thefe Norwefters give no- 
tice 
