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Description Of The Peak Of Teneriffe.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE .

S 7 R 0 K SIS GEORGE STAUS'TOS ' S ACCOUNT OF LOUD MACARTNEY ' S EMBASSY TO CHINA .

L"ROM Orotava the ascent of the mountain , towards the Peak of •* - Teneriffe , is generally attempted . The time of the year , late in October , was , indeed , unfavourable to such an undertaking . The cold in the mountains , at this season , was described by the natives , in the neighbourhood , to be intolerable ; the snow and hail now fell frequently with such suddenness and violence as-to overwhelm those who were exposed to them . Still , however , the ascent was not

declared to be impossible . If the two succeeding days , at the expiration of which it was necessary to join the ships at Santa Cruz , should luckily prove fair , and the weather calm , the object , it was hoped , might be attained . The opportunity , to the same persons , would not probably recur ; and they determined to try theilffehance : deeming the progress they mig ht make , however inconsiderable it should prove , towards the summit of the mountain , a gratification superior to what anv other excursion could afford .

The morning of the twenty-third of October was serene , and promised a good day . Fahrenheit ' s thermometer , near the sea side , was at seventy-six degrees in the shade . The huge cone of the Peak , towering above a bed of fleecy clouds , seemed to overhang the city of Orotava , though at the distance of several miles . The party set out about noonand pioceeded for some time through a pleasant

valemost-, , ly covered with vineyards , which produce a sweet and agreeable wine ; they soon began to ascend the mountain , along the sloping side of a deep valley , almost entirely covered with a grove of large chesnut trees . Ontiie edge of the mountain were thinly scattered a few solitary huts , partly hid in the thick shrubbery that surrounded them . After passing the valley of chesnut treesthe party presently arrived at the

, summit of the first , called the Green Mountain , on wdiich there was a level plain of considerable extent , covered with heath , growing several feet high , and interspersed with myrtle , laurel , and whortleberry shrub ( vaccinium ) , all in great luxuriance ; but no . cultivation was

attempted there by man ; nor was , indeed , thereabouts any human habitation . At the termination of this plain commenced a second mountain , very different in appearance from the former . Its steep sides were craggy and barren . The road lay along' a dangerous ascent on the brink of precipices . Liltle verdure appeared but what was afforded by the Spanish broom and cytistus , which seemed to thrive in the rock j' surface of lava with wdiich this

mountain was almost covered . " A few pine trees were thinly scattered on its sides . Several wild goats were found thereabouts , being the only quadruped observed to dwell upon those mountains . The party continued to ascend , by rugged and narrow paths , depending chiefl y for their safety on the sure-footedness of their mules , VOL . IX . Y

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LONDON: Article 2
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF MR. WILLIAM WHITE. Article 4
ADDENDA TO THE MEMOIR OF MR. THOMAS HULL, Article 5
ON THE PECULIAR EXCELLENCIES OF HANDEL'S MUSIC. Article 6
HISTORY OF THE SCIENCES FOR 1797. Article 7
CURSORY REMARKS ON SHAKSPEARE'S MEASURE FOR MEASURE. Article 10
THE COLLECTOR. Article 12
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER PORCUPINE; Article 18
A BRIEF SYSTEM OF CONCHOLOGY. Article 22
DESCRIPTION OF THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE. Article 26
ACCOUNT OF A REMARKABLE SLEEP-WALKER. Article 30
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 34
OPINIONS CONCERNING MASONRY. WITH THE CHARACTER OP A TRUE FREEMASON. Article 36
A CHARGE Article 37
A VINDICATION OF MASONRY. Article 40
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 41
GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND. Article 41
REVIEW OP NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 42
POETRY. Article 50
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 54
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 57
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 62
OBITUARY. Article 70
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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Description Of The Peak Of Teneriffe.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PEAK OF TENERIFFE .

S 7 R 0 K SIS GEORGE STAUS'TOS ' S ACCOUNT OF LOUD MACARTNEY ' S EMBASSY TO CHINA .

L"ROM Orotava the ascent of the mountain , towards the Peak of •* - Teneriffe , is generally attempted . The time of the year , late in October , was , indeed , unfavourable to such an undertaking . The cold in the mountains , at this season , was described by the natives , in the neighbourhood , to be intolerable ; the snow and hail now fell frequently with such suddenness and violence as-to overwhelm those who were exposed to them . Still , however , the ascent was not

declared to be impossible . If the two succeeding days , at the expiration of which it was necessary to join the ships at Santa Cruz , should luckily prove fair , and the weather calm , the object , it was hoped , might be attained . The opportunity , to the same persons , would not probably recur ; and they determined to try theilffehance : deeming the progress they mig ht make , however inconsiderable it should prove , towards the summit of the mountain , a gratification superior to what anv other excursion could afford .

The morning of the twenty-third of October was serene , and promised a good day . Fahrenheit ' s thermometer , near the sea side , was at seventy-six degrees in the shade . The huge cone of the Peak , towering above a bed of fleecy clouds , seemed to overhang the city of Orotava , though at the distance of several miles . The party set out about noonand pioceeded for some time through a pleasant

valemost-, , ly covered with vineyards , which produce a sweet and agreeable wine ; they soon began to ascend the mountain , along the sloping side of a deep valley , almost entirely covered with a grove of large chesnut trees . Ontiie edge of the mountain were thinly scattered a few solitary huts , partly hid in the thick shrubbery that surrounded them . After passing the valley of chesnut treesthe party presently arrived at the

, summit of the first , called the Green Mountain , on wdiich there was a level plain of considerable extent , covered with heath , growing several feet high , and interspersed with myrtle , laurel , and whortleberry shrub ( vaccinium ) , all in great luxuriance ; but no . cultivation was

attempted there by man ; nor was , indeed , thereabouts any human habitation . At the termination of this plain commenced a second mountain , very different in appearance from the former . Its steep sides were craggy and barren . The road lay along' a dangerous ascent on the brink of precipices . Liltle verdure appeared but what was afforded by the Spanish broom and cytistus , which seemed to thrive in the rock j' surface of lava with wdiich this

mountain was almost covered . " A few pine trees were thinly scattered on its sides . Several wild goats were found thereabouts , being the only quadruped observed to dwell upon those mountains . The party continued to ascend , by rugged and narrow paths , depending chiefl y for their safety on the sure-footedness of their mules , VOL . IX . Y

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