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40 morning, the Eperance intimated to us by a ignal, that land was epied.

Towards noon we reckoned ourelves to be at the ditance of about 71,800 toies from the peak of Teneriffe, which bore S.E.S. raiing its head majetically above the clouds.

At the cloe of the evening we were not more than about 10,260 toies ditant from the north-eat point of the iland. We hifted with the fore and main top-fails every three hours, whilt we expected the dawn. As oon as it appeared, we made towards the iland, coating along at the ditance of 500 toies.

About half an hour after nine in the morning, we cat anchor in the road of St. Croix, in a muddy bottom of black and, about fifteen toies in depth.

The French Conul, Citizen Fontpertuis, waited immediately upon our Commander, with an offer of his ervices in furnihing us with whatever we might want for the proecution of our expedition.

I went on hore in the afternoon, to take a view of the environs of the town. Although the eaon was coniderably advanced, the reflection of the rays of the un from the volcanic tones, produced a degree of heat that was the more oppreive as the air was perfectly calm. I ob-