ftàt, knd in^o^e^atfe ôf ' cultivation,1 Near ft is 'a ’singular
fotk risihg1 perpéhdfcülâflyj out of the' seal g
^ ?^if EfashttllrlÉfvié# “ all' ships Ihmttd for the ïs&nd
of Madeira to -endeavour to make- or stfeer for Porto
al SanSto/ kntf then pfbcèëd fin thé Brazétidïead, o^ ek^
“ ern Jioibft’bf-flie road-of Funchal',' the1 capital b f the
“ island, by going betweeîÿ'it afuf the Desertas,* off the
“ northernmost 'of which is a1 hïgfirhbék frequently
^TOiifa&£&: for k'fedL The passkge^is “about nine1 miles
É wide,1 Hut without soundings1/^^ce^t in' véf^'deép
“ watJrl?H6skHtci Madeira, Thé l^tiêifclïp'df ’the road is
“ thirty-twbI3ëgbëés'thirty-seven minutés1 thirty seconds
^^ortttf and the loafg^thflef JâÿcërOMfefl bÿ‘ seVeraf ecHp-
“ ‘ses'of thesateHitèVbf Jupifër;ftiSd Wy^nlé&fipSè-of the|
“ sun on the fourth of June, 17W,fîs SëvéÂëeëîFâegilfeès
I five minutés west of Greenwich. The compass'had
“ eighteen réglées thirty-five1'mintrtét?"Ya¥iàtièrr|te^the
“ westward of the pole. Thd'tidte Hows, ât the full and
“ change of the moon, ribrih-north-wèSt andsoufh^sottth-
“ east '; spring tides rise perpèndicblkrly 'sè^ert féet ;
“ 'neâp tidekfive féet.! The flood" sets to thé eastward ;
“ the regulations of the port require1 dll ships, before,
mo f immediately dMK anchoring, to Séudlfbt'&éqbâiMt
“ the gôéèrnor of the island with art aeoeünt- of whfet
4* they àré, and tHeif Reasons for' stopping thété.» Men
of war are not !tb’ send thèir boats' tO YeSsels coming
II into thé foâd, until itàây' are y is’iïéd* by the prkti que-
“ boat* or boat whose business is; to. enquire lest any
“ infectious! disoMfef should* be on board; The same is = = == =
ft^tu^be observed‘respecting v e sse l 'that are departing^
“ which are not toc be boarded^ after the visiting óffieér
has feibè'éh/; tb -search- for natives,1'leaving ’ the island
& clan'dèstinelyf and for prohibited goods: English men
*4 óf war salute' with- thirteen guns-, after rèëeivihg’ an
“‘»assurance of a return of an equal number.
“ Ships’ boats may land on théy-Mach- during- thé
“ stammer months ^bftt'-when there> is1 no landing* of
“ •goods to make it necessary, it is1 better *tc*bn-avoided',
“ at all' SeasbnS/ both for thefsafifcy of thè?böaVsy'which
“ are driver!' b y a violent surge on a shirïg-ly-shorfe, and
J for preventing t he^'ommbn»men from hayirig^the pp-
“ porfcunity offrequenting thé> disorderly-houses in the
“ neighbourhood-of the'béafetó,5 and drinking' the1 per-
M‘ nicious- spirituous» liquors1 vend'edj ühèreaboütSt The
“ landing#near thè? Lp'o rock, b'eingédoféndèd'from tliè •
vy Surge*, is «very-safe and egsy and thoi> there - are cot-
“ tagè's near to it*, 4he '%oai;sé^?qilé',ma^ easily be kept
“ from1 thërrl’ Caution^iS* nècessary, 'likewise,^against
“ the shore boats coming*-onboard,» tinder pretence of
“ sellings fish, fruit#, and vegetables; for thèir chief ob*-
“ teeth« the sale of the worst-spiriWo’usJliquors, and
■•“•often 'concealed gboiÉt FtVèsht héél, water,' andHfégè-
“ tables^rë-to' be'procured here-for#Vh® ship’s'company,
“ and are-Sent On board in boat# belonging'to1 the place.