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C H A P . I.
T H E IS L A N D OF M A D E IR A . f
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J u s Bay of Biscay— Current setting into the Mediterranean explained
by an Experiment— Remarkable Appearance of Madeira— Town of
Funchal— Cathedral— Franciscan Convent, and Chamber of Skulls—
Nunneries— Climate and Diseases— Condition of the Inhabitants—
Portugueze B e g g a r s— Clergy— English Inhabitants'—Discovery of the
Island— Its Defences— Productions— Wines— How '¡and to what
Amount exported— Fiery Meteor - - ' 1 * ’ 1
CH A P . n.
T H E IS L A N D OF T E N E R I F F E . |
Conduct o f the Captain of a French Frigate— Bay of Santa Cruz, its
Defences and Defects— Attacks of Blake and N elson— Appearance of
, the Island, and Town o f Santa Cruz— City of Laguna— Vegetable
Productions— City and Sea-Port Town of Oratava— Tenerife
Wine— Journey up the Peak— Caverns fo r burying the Dead— The
Guanches or Aborigines of'Tenerife— Condition of the present Inhabitants—
The Clergy— Royal Monopolies— Improvement of which
the Island is capable— Climate— Remarkable Instance of Longevity—
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