ABSTRACT
THAT part of the western coast of Africa, which lies between the latitudes of .20 and S2 degrees north, has been differently laid down in various charts, but, perhaps, never yet accurately. The Spaniards, who fish on this coast eastward of the Canary Islands, assure us that soundings are to be founrl quite across to the Continent ; and there is a tradition among the Arabs, that in very remote ages those islands formed part of the African cou~ tinent. In support of this tradition, it may be observed, that the aborigines of Lancerotta, one of the Canary islands situated about thirty-five leagues from this coast, resemble in manners, in physiognomy, in person, and in language the Shelluhs, inhabitants of South Atlas, and retain many of their customs.
