Madeira. alfoveA^aro then covered with snow. The ships having
left England in the beginmn^ o f October, when vegetation,
in some instances, alreadyrbègan-. to fade, and ito
announce the speedy droop- of .nature,-- its wild luxuriance.
in Madeira wsasïi the; rnore striking to natives cof
northern 'regions;;landing, so soon afterwards, on that
iskndyiThe: whole ^oreaden seemed these ialive.- My»-
riads o f insects; Were;! buzzing in ;the ;air; swarms of
lizards moving'along ithej ground in every direction.
Scarcely a plant without fruit or'flower ^ every trèe in
leaf ; some of the. humble herbs of. Europe growing! here
into the habiti and size, o f I shrubs, j Nothing/ appeared
-laniguidxor declining, except, perhaps, man might.he. So
considered. Most of.the common, peoplephadrdark com.-
•plexions, forbidding features! wereftundèrhthë*=middlë
size of Europeans,, with iitdc'of the spirit and actiyky
•dfthe original inhabitants of Africa-,.:ór.'of theredlder
parts*of Europe. The offspring of the-latter,'transferred
to southern countries, often become, itiseems^ enèrvalêd
•and listless i
Every-honour and attention, due to-:tM<tirepresenta-
-tive of a friendly and) powerful sovereign, ewas: paid jj by
order -oft the Portugueze|Governor, to the Embassador*
-as well on board'the Lion, as on his going ^ashore,: and
after he;was landed. His Excellency declined a military
guard; but yielded ?to -the sojlimtaticirrbof • thé Governor
to partake of an: entertainment, whidh was -indeed
sumptuous-; and to'WMwfofsb wdrb^inVited; beside the
géföflemteü xtx-1 the 'sïïife'r^ f ïhC'Embassa'do‘r>J and dffieeriW
the’^Mbifftnd' Hindostan, ‘thë rÈër'e bants * of the British
ffiéWry, gd^êTmméïïb and of th e :gar->
ü^ërï,*' # n € ^ é ^ ^ l - ^ ^ f h € vprlftM^KinWBitSntsf«óf the
iÉland',niriI1all a%o ^éw^'lundred^Wö®h#^but -fföt- 'êhe-
lld^ yvés prêSëfiQ^fealfefe^BP i# tliêlMg iftn ïng^Yfe e ;Govëï,Jr
n’or’s dki^hter-, iabout- t e n ^ e a r ^ ld , who'waS drdss^tfi'n
all the-formality éf’ aWoUian'^Und-did fehfeffïömdufoof
the taMe^ without- *eïÖbaft:^s‘sftie)at’';' Sridfei the d'esdbf'J
wh'fèh* w ^ laii^oOT in fre^h>Él®cQlilmpa<rtments,, Wftënf
the^Gdwër-tfóEs' vdfê indlkfidsefetcr
b e-^fesMflaFth&whold^n^rtltinTmient'. Shif
wfs*;-aM'di'dsïsëd,’%ty ‘thë'i na'ffiC b ft Donna' Ldïii&aV atoehhèr
. daugMe¥*#y ‘th a t'o f Donna Matia, it 'seëniing td feéfhd
gfistom ó'frthe Portu'guezë1 of frlrik^ftö Use ©ifly th e ’baptismal
n am#’ jÉÉcëëfód^' 5b f- a titled ‘tho'^b^fe-bea^s
M'fcöa'mes$ T h e Gdvefiibrjj f 1‘PëfdiraV Eörjash
and Gdutinho'j ’prdbably' 'beforig-in'^td^t#^ rtiöstr' diltinV5
gui'stftëd families from1 w h k h ‘w e |^ a # i^% ^ d e d f t f&
I n Öh'êïhal^fttffe' göveèhm’ënt house was* pamtfcéd.'tïie
popular and interesting,- b ut doübtfubMtdii^ 'öf the first
discoWfy^of Madeifa-b'^aiP Érigl&shman,' called?Jlobèrt
Mach am, who* lived towards* the end bftt'he^reign of the
third Edward. Thfe m a n tÊ> is Said, föS öbseafm b irth ,
had fallen" in ddve W it'^k ’ yoti&g^dahfeël;' e^Mëd.Annf
d ’Arfot^ rofr-ekquisife beaut-y,' andfiöf ‘ai Hoble: family,
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Madeira.
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