Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-18
Observation-Disclosures


...,al Correspondence
sp''''' cruz Island of 1'enerlffe' ca,
saO'a .oNlpelago, Dec. i,--Were o'u
ps telling Of these 's,r" au como oO
iu, ..nad give them any other cosno.
Ae SV ",on that by which they were ere
hen ''a 90 me- ancients. Isles OF the
KNOWN si.', would be more appropriate arc. at'er
cuI'' .Son Axe hundred years Of span !,
more i uui and a system OF taxallVh
IN mis so wy made paupers OF us people'
when h s,. IN recent years the uh-
l'speelalg!, otbor-country grinds closer
laluIm, nsor what little grist remallls' III
ana W. We nav war debts and make up
eiu1 hor lost sources OF revenue III N1 W.,
or ,,n rico and the Philippines, p1 ~
Vl" no denying that there II ollIha .e
ineIe . ~ nor Quite beautiful enough 10
Eng y. uomers tale Of the Elyslahl
lJsu.y rhe oyer-shadowlng peak Oh
IleluSe o Tor example, which towers
lsne hehind this port Of the Holy Cross,
f'Vse AZ Inc most imposing LANDMARKS
Vhu o Globe. It's height above the sea
W. ~ onIy about 1880 feet but relneiliper-
isS tbat the island Itself Is a mountain,
we s,ssneing almost precautionary from
hottom OF the ocean, six miles pc
~, one may safely doff ones hat 10
msi rlCge AS the loftiest peak In the
l ,nIdi compared to It Mont Blanc IL
FV a,umv and Cotopaxi. Chimborazo,
G,ncbInmnaa and other banner noun
Ins d,ylndle TO the common place. The
sides of Tenenffe form as regular q
snrar loaf as II cut by hand-or fathcr,
sy machinery The size OF the cone ~
eysct proporton to its height, ana
w. lin IL a circular wall OF rock, on
rosIne one OF the largest ciatefs
Sno~n TO man. While all the Canary
Glands are volcanic and show traces
III rotnparatively recent volcanic ac-
,top Tenerife is the only one when
sW continues IN eruption. The great
oater more than a hundred feet deep
and mile across, has been quiescent
e,er since the island was rediscoVered
by Europeans. Cearly In the fourteenth
fmtury). but in scores of places on
,be mountain sides are small craters
,gblch continually emit sulphurous
sleam and gasses and occasionally
throw out small quantities Of lava. In
cm,rse of centuries people have become
accustomed to these threatenings ana
rive them little heed, but Il Is not Inn
rossIbe that she villages at the base
ri Teneriffe may one day share the
fate Of those which grew careless or
yesuyus warnings
You sail into the bay OF Santa Cruz
with expectation on tip-toe remember
Ing that Baron Humboldt, the greatest
oi travellers, declared that here Is the
finest mountain scenery in the world,
tut- except on very rare days--you are
likely to be disappointed In the first
view Of Tenerffe Instead Of the sub
lime cone which imagination has de-
rlgted. looming white and splre-like
against the azure sky-you get only
atful glmpses between riffs In the
clouds Of what looks like square block
cl mountain, dull gray and unattrac-
tive. The northeast trade winds, which
prevail here most Of the year, produce
G Gense stratum of sea-cloud, a thous-
ana feet thick, whose lower surface Is
two or three hundred feet above the
water around Santa Cruz bay. This i'm
Tenetrabo veil does not reach
up TO the mountains, how
ever, which have another cloud
stratum Of their own, beginning
about three hundred feet above sea
level
Between these two distinct strata Of
cloud there Is q gap, constantly OPEN
ing and closing, through which, from
me deck of an approaching steamer,
you obtain only Meeting views of the
middle mountains, but no slightest hint
Of The upper heights,
On our first visit to Tenerlffe, made
several years ago, we were exception
ally fortunate in being treated to
brief but glorious spectacle, such as
mariners seldom see, though they FREE
Quent these waters half their lives. 1t
was late In the afternoon when we dis
conlentedly dropped anchor In the har-
Dor Of Santa Cruz, having been refused
permission to land until the following
day Just as the sun sank below the