could land. But we were mistaken for when we anchored
in the harbor, a very pretty harbor, we had to wait
about an hour until the Doctor came on board and examined
the papers. Then it was dark and quite late although
the moon was shining most beautifully. However quite a
number got into the numerous skiffs that came to the
ship for the purpose of rowing the passengers to shore.
The cost being one Frank. You may think it strange that
we had to pay, but we did not go up to the docks as
ships do in N. Y. or Philadelphia but anchored about +/4
of a mile from the docks. Our object for stopping at
Las Palmas was to replenish our stock of coal, which had
become nearly exhausted. After the crowd went off I
took the life of Sam'1] Lapsly, for there was no noise
and read of his interesting travels in getting ready to
plant our Mission in Africa. I read until 11 o'clock
when I retired.

Dec. 15 - Tuesday

Arose at 5 o'clock a.m., much refreshed. Woke up Morri-
son and one or two others who were to go ashore with me.
After waiting awhile for daylight we had some bread &
butter & tea. After which we got into a skiff about 12
or 14 of us and were rowed ashore. As I said above the
cost of the trip was one Frank, about 20 cents of our
money. As soon as we landed we were accosted by 1/2
doz. or more car drivers. Boys who had 2-wheel carts &
a pony hitched to it. The park was about 2 miles or
more from the town, but there was what they call a steam
train which runs to it. The cost of riding on this is
only 1/2 a Frank. But these boys insisted that we
should ride with them, each one of course, wanting us
all to ride with him. We divided it up however, between
2 and went into town in great style. On our way to town
we passed along a huge sand bank, this is called a sand-
dune, formed by the wind blowing the sand from the sea~
shore. It was a little mountain in itself. By the way
Grand Canary Island is a real mountain, no vally scarcely
except where the town is situated on the coast. It is
the most beautiful view I ever saw in the form of a wild
landscape. The hills run up one of them six thousand
feet above the sea level ~ and ends in a point, just as
a volcano. The whole mountain runs up into different
peaks of this kind. No timber, but the ground seems to
be perfectly bear. However there is a little grass
growing on the sides of the Mts. where goats get there
