We had remained three hours opposite Funchal bay. At nightfall Madeira was in full sight the next morning at sun-rise we saw the islands called Salvages, and in the evening we descried its my life bon jovi Pico of Teneriffe, on the island of that name. The commander resolved to send a boat to St. One of our companions leaped for joy, at the sight of this its my life bon jovi fort, which was raised in haste by a few Frenchmen, when the English, under Admiral Nelson, attempted to take possession of the Colony. Having doubled a point which extends into the sea, we entered the bay, at the bottom of which is the town of St. The appearance of Teneriffe is majestic the whole island is composed of mountains, which are extremely high, and crowned with rocks terrifying from their size, which on the north side, seem to rise perpendicularly above the surface of the ocean, and to threaten every moment to crush by their fall, the vessels which pass near their base. Above them all rises the Pico, the summit of which is lost in the clouds.