In the mercantile houses established here, it is from gentlemen of this description that any information is derived, for the taciturnity of the Spaniards is not to be overcome in a short acquaintance, especially by Englishmen, whose reserve falls little short of their own.

The inland country is described as fertile, and highly romantic; and the environs of the small town of Laguza mentioned as particularly pleasant.

Some of our officers who made an excursion to it confirmed the account amply.
It should seem that the power of the Church, which has been so long on the decline in Europe, is at length beginning to be shaken in the colonies of the Catholic powers: some recent instances which have taken place at Teneriffe, evince it very fully.

Were not a stranger, however, to be apprized of this, he would hardly draw the conclusion from his own observations.

The Bishop of these islands, which conjunctively form a See, resides on the Grand Canary.