1880 Facts about Port and Madeira by Henry Vizetelly

The Wines of Tenerife.

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"was a solemn procession in honour of the Virgin,in "which the newly-installed Bishop of Tenerife took part, so that wc had the pleasure of seeing a large congregation of the peasantry in their old picturesque costumes. These good people came in from all parts of the island, on horseback and on foot, hlo "proraesas," ho"wever, "were performed, as at the Fiesta de . Candelaria,a small place on the south side of the island,"where ■women, "with extended arms, carrying five lighted tapers in each hand, shuffie on torn and bleeding knees over nearly a mile of beach and up the aisle of the convent chapel to the altar, where the miracle-working image of the Virgin is placed. Nor was it our fortune to see menwalk behind the cross "with an iron crowbar lashed to each extended ariq—a penance which the Tenerife mariners and mountaineers frequently vow to perform when inperil or distress.

BRrXGINQ DO"S\'N THE NEW WINE TO SANTA CRUZ.