A VOYAGE TO 
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1776. 
J^y. 
Wednef. 31. 
Auguft, 
Thuri'day 1. 
at the Cape of Good Hope, I determined to touch at Tene- 
riffe, to get a fupply of thefe, and of the ufual refreshments 
for ourfelves; thinking that ifland, for fuch purpofes, bet¬ 
ter adapted than Madeira. At four in the afternoon of the 
31ft, we faw Teneriffe, and fleered for the eaftern part. At 
nine, being near it, we hauled up, and flood off and on 
during the night. 
At day-light, on the morning of the iff of Auguft, we 
failed round the Eaft Point of the ifland; and, about eight 
o’clock, anchored on the South Eaft fide of it, in the Road 
of Santa Cruz, in twenty-three fathoms water ; the bottom, 
fand and ooze. Punta de Nago, the Eaft point of the Road, 
bore North 64° Eaft; St. Francis’s church, remarkable for 
its high fteeple, Weft South Weft; the Pic, South 65° Weft; 
and the South Weft point of the Road, on which Hands a 
fort or caftle, South 39 0 Weft. In this fituation, we moored 
North Eaft and South Weft, with a cable each way, being 
near half a mile from the fhore. 
We found, riding in this Road, La Bouffole, a French fri¬ 
gate, commanded by the Chevalier de Bor da ; two brigan¬ 
tines of the fame nation; an Englifh brigantine from Lon¬ 
don, bound to Senegal; and fourteen fail of Spanifh veffels. 
No fooner had we anchored, than we were vifited by the 
Mailer of the Port, who fatisfied himfelf with afking the 
fhip’s name. Upon his leaving us, I fent an officer afliore, 
to prefent my refpecfts to the Governor; and to afk his leave 
to take in water, and to purchafe fuch articles as we were in 
want of. All this he granted with the greateft politenefs; 
and, foon after, fent an officer on board, to compliment me 
on my arrival. In the afternoon, I waited upon him in per- 
fon, accompanied by fome of my officers; and, before I 
returned to my ffaip, befpoke fome corn and ftraw for the 
live 
