The Life And Travels of Alexander Von Humboldt With An Account of His Discover
The Life And Travels of Alexander Von Humboldt With An Account of His Discover
Stoddard Richard Henry
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There they found M, Le Gros, the French vice- consul, who had often scaled the summit of the peak, and who served them as a guide. They began their ascent on the morning of the 21st. M. Le Gros, M. Lalande, secretary to the French consulate at Santa Cruz, and an English gardener at Durasno, joined them on this excursion. The day was not fine, for the summit of the peak, which was generally visible at Orotava from sunrise till ten o'clock, was covered with thick clouds. They passed along a lofty... aqueduct, lined with a great number of fine ferns, and visited several gardens, in which the fruit-trees of the north of . Europe were mingled with orange-trees, pomegranate, and date trees. Here they saw the famous dragon-tree of M. Frauqui. Although they had been made acquainted with it, from the narratives of many travellers, they were not the less struck with its enormous 34 LIFE AND TRAVELS OF HUMBOLDT. magnitude. They were told that the trunk of this tree, which is mentioned in several very ancient documents, was as gigantic in the fifteenth century as when they saw it.
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