first tWp teneriffe. 49 
'"'i'ich irradiv!ll*v^ ^ of red on the horizon , 
'^egreen. and'ornw-^'^^'r, ^tself, lighting up the heavens by 
*'•■'1 burst forth fr and brighter, till at last the 
the .tunt ro^T’^"^^ gilding, as it 
Ti i,dZT„lTr,;:fc «”<• .i.»eSr.i.=%.« 
Canary- in a ■‘vueritre, and those of th. 
jay spread out as a man country to the eastward 
’ ‘ ..‘P' P''’c great Canary was easily to 
rated and • ■ 
-l'*yau out as 
oe distinguished • ana *"'T S's;-". '-.-anary was easily tc 
similar to that of the nd mountainous character, 
naked eye. The cold became visible to the 
keen and stron-^ and th» intense, the wind 
After a short tiiouo-h - ,‘^®'^''^°nieter sunk to, 32 degrees. 
°f .Ike second J f the summit 
P'^m of white on wv"!"‘"’ « ®“alJ 
■ 3 ',rSv™t “Of 
the 
Ve- 
*lio”of ti» foo. rf"arc,:;r- 
Peak of Teneriffe ; it"rcn generally termed 
snvius, with this dhf«vnn ike present crater of 
snvius, with th'h v'lr ^'^Pi'esents the p 
f^ee of tliat mountaJis "com 
ke superficies of this armn einder or ash, 
a white colour, of scoria^? Ti ^ deposit of pumice of 
siderable masses that wcm'^ with here and there con- 
volcano was in action TV P‘°kably thrown out when the 
eaWr'’" *^«n cm ^^kics on the 
kegins theonll f "'^k considerable 
the steepness of the cone hJ-^’gmng part of the ascent; 
rolled" d" ^®k, and lanro each step our feet 
feet and ?""" 'ikove - “hisses of pumice and lava 
“k legs were cut, but braised, and our 
cst rid!i"^"f difficulties, and 
annp-> ®®°^*-ke motmtain. This nn^ °cirselves on the high- 
half ^ a” • “iifi'in in superficies PP^i'™'’®*- region does nor 
5 *, and ,s itself a small Ser ‘kan 3 *?, ^ 
from h r""'k°mts on which we’sat" wliich are 
of doc" ""'" . ,'^kthin, the lava ;« •"’ plainly visible 
the ?iiipositioii. The snrfa ™ rapid state 
snot “'^‘des said it was danwr "" ’”*■ *ke feet, and 
der^’-,^^ k was, some of us^sun^t °”® 
jh^ k of sulphur • uunn cf knees in the hot 
■ i. I»ll„„; ,ilS“',¥ ;*;» yitl. the feet 
|ke sound isTinl7“ ’ “P°k striking th 
die' crate 
the depth of tlm and Solfalcrra I 
tlie crater to be, from the highest 
