. The Canary Islands : their history, natural history and scenery : an account of an ornithologist's camping trips in the archipelago . sand. San Sebastian viewed from the seais not unpicturesque, numerous date-palms helping torelieve the otherwise treeless scene (see accompanyingillustration), but on closer acquaintance what littlebeauty it possesses is soon dispelled. A narrow fringe of tamarisks bounded the foreshore,immediately beyond which a certain amount of cultiva-tion had been attempted. The village is built on theeast side of this valley, and consists of three longparallel streets, s
. The Canary Islands : their history, natural history and scenery : an account of an ornithologist's camping trips in the archipelago . sand. San Sebastian viewed from the seais not unpicturesque, numerous date-palms helping torelieve the otherwise treeless scene (see accompanyingillustration), but on closer acquaintance what littlebeauty it possesses is soon dispelled. A narrow fringe of tamarisks bounded the foreshore,immediately beyond which a certain amount of cultiva-tion had been attempted. The village is built on theeast side of this valley, and consists of three longparallel streets, stretching from the shore for about halfa, mile up the bed of the barranco. A few houses arebuilt above the others on the eastern slope of thebarranco wall, but are for the most part exceedingly poorand miserable. The buildings are variously coloured,but all have red roofs, and, viewed from a distance,the general effect is not unpleasing. Having been carried ashore on a mans shouldersfrom the surf boat, and dumped with our variousbelongings on the stony beach, we at once became thecentre of attraction of the motley crowd which had. The Landing-place, San Sebastian, Gomera.
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