. A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793. To which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation. Thisforce Avould confine the feeble garrison to their forts; and, asthe distance from Laguna to Santa Cruz is only about fivemiles, down a considerable descent, every point of whichcommands the town and the bay, the fate of the place mustinstantly be decided. At all events, the extreme difficulty oflanding in the bay of Santa Cruz seems to require both daj^-hght and fine weather, in order to insure a successfu
. A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793. To which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802, to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation. Thisforce Avould confine the feeble garrison to their forts; and, asthe distance from Laguna to Santa Cruz is only about fivemiles, down a considerable descent, every point of whichcommands the town and the bay, the fate of the place mustinstantly be decided. At all events, the extreme difficulty oflanding in the bay of Santa Cruz seems to require both daj^-hght and fine weather, in order to insure a successful issue. The prospect, on entering the bay, is by no means so in-viting as that of Madeira, as will readily be perceived by tiieannexed view. The town of Santa Cruz has pretty much the. TENERIFFE. 33 same appearance as that of Funchal; but the steep andrugged scenery, Avith which it is immediately surrounded, hnsa barren and a forbidding aspect: the rocky surface being ofan uniform sombre hue, unenhvened by the least verdure,and Aaried only by its rude inequalities, and a few windmillsperched on the heights behind the town. The summit of thepeak, but just visible above the highest ridge, conveys fromthis point of view a very inadequate idea of its stupendousheight. On approaching the shore, the beauties of the town aregradually unfolded. The upper surface of the mole, built ofgranitic lava, forms a broad gravelled walk which, incliningto the right, leads to a beautiful Passeadero or mall, for theuse of the public, well shaded by several rows of trees; andto the left, it branches towards a spacious scpiare, in thecentre of which is an obelisk supporting a statue of San Ber-nardo of no mean execution. The streets are mostly laid outin straight lines, are wide, airy, an
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