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XXXVII. ExtraSi of Two Letters from the 
late Capt . Alexander Rofe, of the 52 d 
Regiment , to Dr . Murdoch, F. R> S. 
fetting out, we had bad weather, having been driven 
by a contrary wind upon the coaft of Portugal. From 
thence we took our departure for the Canaries; 
where I had an opportunity of gratifying my curi- 
ofity by a fight of the famous Pic of Teneriffe. 
About ten days after, we made the Cap de Verde- 
Iflands j and, by a miftake of the Captain (which I 
was glad had happened), failed clofe by the illand 
del Fuego, famous for its volcano, which we faw in 
its perfection, and which fully comes up to Virgil’s 
defcription of Mount iEtna. We had no fooner loft 
fight of the Cap de Verdes, than we were over- 
taken with a ftorm, which lafted a confiderable time, 
and were near driven upon the coaft of Brafil. But 
the ftorm abating, and the wind coming fair for a 
month or more, we had a fpeedy voyage to the 
Cape of Good Hope, where we were plentifully 
From Letter I. 
Madras, 20 Sept. 1768. 
W E arrived here the 1 5th 
of this month; at firft 
fupplied 
