86. The long range, moderate height, and gentle declivity of
mount Atlas are very unlike a solitary mountain which rears
its head into the clouds, and seems to support the heavens.
The peak of Teneriffe, on the contrary, rises a league and a
half above the surface of the sea, and as it was frequently
visited by the Phoenicians, might engage the notice of the
Greek poets. Buffon, Histoire Naturelle, tom. i. p. 312.
Histoire des Voyages, tom. ii.