v^hich, disdainingÉs$*few an allianpe, tho Mach^m had
gained her obi,oris^,. p'btained a warrant fropa the tjcing
tp.fcéeg him >in a .prison, untihthe lafjyfwas pers^ded
to marfy a hqbleman, who took her immediately iqvhis
seat near'Bristol. -Maehan?,'-{Somfetime3a£tfU’waj'1<k» btejng
Biased, found means to convey-the lady'on board a
vessel' provided? to caSrry them^to F r a ^ ^ A storm
suddenly larking, and thq shipbeyag ill mgflpd* they
werë driven h x tCsea, and to s sed&WlSS8i t fW» $£
the m'erey1 ofirthe-waves,- out of sigh t->#f-any land. At
length, howeyer, they,thought they &9£P-®fhin§
likd vit, ;^Eeh weioubling their eforts, ^ap.ptQaglt,
thëy perceiy.edt an- island overgrown with^qo$.
vessel wasf sqpn?at anchor I
with .a few -attendants, went on shore?-,-as$f ojJpfcsbefjgr
bykfeiding’a kind of hut.under thefbranches of
spreading tree. In the^pöprse ,ohrthq^nightffa;}|ejnp§^
drove-the rvessél-from ken anchors,. ands C^rriedtfhqn^®
the Barbary eoa^,where she was wrecked,.ariebtsfep'
mén made captives -by the Mqors. Thql J#dy
a&dlgdky this feesh- disaster* Jhat ^ e id fe d .in ^ ^ o rt
time; and Macham, through grief, sopn foiloy p d iip i
Their attendants, rendered desperate h y tbe4Psf -Pf their
conductor, quitted the island, and betaking themselves
td their open boat, put out to sea, witbQqt- hnpwing
even'what,course tq,steer^vA.fter a serfes^of adveptu^si
these men fell in with a Spaniard, who, delighted with
their story, eommunfeateditto Gonzales. Zarco, sent by Madeira.
iiie kingsef Portugal* on a voyage^of discovery, and £rö«
walled up on h im ,ta sa ilin searchdof tthe t island.;. How-
fever tdm^erfeebiy^iisi sitüatiom ;hady¥éenfdescribed* by
the Æniglishiiiül.orhoât'i'wasiin a» littWtarrioïsfound sririt
lE^BgmranBft ; ;
,jTheqjartipùlars' of-this|s’tory have^indefed, the< testimony;
- o f . Alhafarado,M a conlemporaryqauthor, whojsat
the instance <öf Henry, .Prince! o f . Portugah eomposfed la
book entitled’, A RelaKaosÉ^f ,ühe firstv’<Disc®Vöry\df!Üh^
Island of Madeira^; but De Barrot, the' ’Livyisf 'the Portuguese;?
ascribe® itiendrely toiGönzales; Zarcö -and Tris-
tan Mash? |
•i -?gAnothen nativd ofGxeaüBritain, Mr.. William Johnstone!
.datjel'ÿtm:»merchant inn Madeira,' jwho; '»joined. thfe
purshits. of science; to .'fehesavöoatiönß, of his^ profession,
by an union-Less rare,in theiprejsenfthan in .-any-former
xte/madea gedmetrieäf snrveyof thisidahdivvHeifpund
ittto.be in die form-safe nearly*,. aparallelogrUm; thfe mean
length ofu-whieh,. h°riui westeaaorth-west ub - ealst*-south-
easi?- 1 was • about. thirty?seven îmâlèskand • mean» .brbaidth
eleven', miles;,.containing amàl-ea t)fd©ur. hhndredjahd
seven-? square- mile^sor «tdso uhundrdd^ancbjsix^y » thousand
dour hundred 'arid eighty taures;. I d - k d d e d vinto
thirty-sevén-parishes,*a‘nd il»saM>toiediitain> about<pighty
thousand inhabitants; so -that-theitetfareuieah^two hundred
persons for eyery square: mile; and, on an average,