of its own body, as shall have, through misfortunes,
declined in their circumstances«h |
. The commercial houses' in Madeira are all (opehi¥©r
the reception ofithe .passengers,estopping -fbr refresh-
ments : there; jn their way to Asia or America,'*f they
b»feg^he#blightest introduction frojm any vfiiend • in
Europe ; and’whenthe ships arriveip heetswitff many
passengers, there; is a continued round bfl entertainments
and femvity: the houses are spacioufeTin prof
portion.' Hospitality of t^h hind;; so lMe ; inowh in
ciowded European cities, at the same time that it brings
business to the merchant, is .peculiarly grateful to strangers1
landing from a vbyhge; and often an intimacy
quickly fpisnes between the host and guests, to he suddenly,
however, broken off by a call announcM^fh®
departure of the ships; and with 'little 'likelihood' of'
being b a il e d » ‘.as? Madeira lies far orffc a£ the-track of
the same persons on their return home.; ::
Amongst the food most relished at Madpha* w the
hog; these animals are permitted to' rmgeiiwild amid
the mountains, when young, after being markedly
their respective owners-; they feed on nutritious routs,
frequently of the fern ; and are afterwards hunted add
eaiight by dogs.
f : J uothfesneighbopring isle of Porto S^pto, -partftdpes,
with which -that island abounds,' are caught alive; by
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thfe ipb abitants,' rgtationingotheAselvi^oufid Whenthe J
cbyd^sprin-g, and chasing -.thenuhn alfsides, until the
birds-,ii alarmed' wherever -they! attempt, to irest, i | | | j at
length exhausted w ith fafeifu®fda<nd- suffer themselves to
be taken b y th e ip t f^ s^ s
r No riotxibus animal i s . kn own 'to fexisp in Madeira >
no serpents*, .Whether! venomoufe^riannu'centi;f- p p barest
or'fox^rtmio' oy stops! Aerrjpgff on-Ph&coast; other
fesh not rare.' But" thetgrehtesf ^pmnffiptiom among the
poor i s j ^ d s e ^ a h J B ^ # , im j^ r te d if rd ta :A ^ e r i^ . It?
excessiyeplsfg-eoiitnibutes; it isysupposed,. together With
other "bad provisions, to'jtbej «Ufciptic eruptionsW the
skin;sso common- ambng the lower orders“ of J;he people
h^f®. They aremmvhsaffifcited“, also, with rheumatisms;
-The- middle and higher, d^eg|areb«nf>j esij&> ‘ Paralytie
affections, supposed to-belo'eeasioned by indolence',irepletion,'
and wanf of sufficient exercise. Theisrpah-pox
isissahfetp be most dangerous in . summer ^-inoculation
is rare ,on> account’ of .religious -scruple^il- Intermittent
federshremot known upon theiislaiid; -where, Undefiffi I
there; arerno marshes to produce them'; -the '«jawrttfy as
too-'hilly, aridr'high«windsT areitooitfeequenpfifo admit
the stagnation:-of" noxious; vapours; the: gaasfep eoffiing
down the mountains1 uponsjthe, town of FundhaB,-are:s6
violent as sometimes* to -unroofctfeephouse^; to iprevent
Which, recourse isdiad toJ the awkwardishift pf piaffing
heavy -stbnes- upon' the-tile,s, without attoridingUffi the