I went to it, and followed the north coast of it, as I had done that of Juana, for 178--[should be 188]--long leagues due east.
"This island is very fertile, as well, indeed, as all the rest.

It possesses numerous harbours, far superior to any I know in Europe, and what is remarkable, plenty of large inlets.

The land is high, and contains many lofty ridges and some very high mountains, without comparison of the island of Centrefrey;--[Tenerife]--all of them very handsome and of different forms; all of them accessible and abounding in trees of a thousand kinds, high, and appearing as if they would reach the skies.

And I am assured that the latter never lose their fresh foliage, as far as I can understand, for I saw them as fresh and flourishing as those of Spain in the month of May.
Some were in blossom, some bearing fruit, and others in other states, according to their nature.
"The nightingale and a thousand kinds of birds enliven the woods with their song, in the month of November, wherever I went.

There are seven or eight kinds of palms, of various elegant forms, besides various other trees, fruits, and herbs.