Madeira. dangeb'4f their rolling -off upon the people in the Streets-
This peril, or any other,>dOes.rhot,!-ihh'W(ever,i,dietesD-^.lc“
lants from giving; according.to!tke‘.custom?:of the.1fip.the4;
country, nightlyiser^nadesj( uhder %he latticed! .•windows
o f the Fair." r
; f/ThejfewhjJitotwithstanding' f^^sasn^^i^jd^stKe^E^s-.
yiynning d ow n th e is tre e ts . is n o t kept,? clean:. I t is; dn
other E#p©Gts^fiMproYi0§ . .. Anralmeydiv o&anall^ witih
hatidsnrmvrows ofrtrees,' kasrbeem lately finished there,
thfewagh1 the' influCrice | of the ‘pfieUmtc-gcwteriaorjl nHej
sometimes,.hasencouraged other buildings^bp^precur-
ha^,subscriptions - for that puhpose,?&6m;the principal
Portuguese inhabitants, as -well as the foreignunerchantd;
inWhe paymeatiirf which the latterf.itmLyfS^E fonad
punctual.;
-. 'The -thstefrsaid toicontain'! abobtehlrteen thousand
people. Thelpopulation and cultivation of the-country
ireiujpaaithe Inersase. The seasons, however;;are- un*
certain,' and the drop, sometimes, fails;; the: expense Of
tilkgeihus brings thje-farmer;:ocGasiomdlf into debt;'but
the (laws of the country, thorAheyseikelhe prapertyjof
debtors pdomot (retain their persons idiebrifmeipeaaM c
:The culture of the sugar cane, as moreKdongeniafcfo
tropical climafesyj is in a.; great' yd©|pie ifabandbnedfdh
Madeira;) The eane ;gbows here<to;i the height of about
eight:feet; and in form resembles. a.icommon reedy with
a pointed stem; and leaves^'sprihgingnfromrthe joints.
The middletof thdis.to'f®Sn#iesl5th(abes.f?jancl sweetest I
j uird^i> ^ h e fe .fe r e ^ « Af&?®! tS^ofi^feelti^hlnnamdh,5
with Ifehr^d-ribbedf. s^s^tefitfed-'lea^e^andi t a; thii^ffegJarit
. bark.
Iman-e^Mrsion' tbAeM:iM'SteT»rh|p'art o^thfe^slandfby I
somej|g|lM&:^#h(/off1 the dlhithafmfi Idlu heb^l^%|||
.Boad;. w a s foundpi initth'ei|b®^fe^d':^^i^e|feWk'is^^n^ian<^
’^oittggy/up th^bhills;: afterwards, (it^^iaS’^SOii^tied 1 to-, I
,narraw.'.p'ath’, 'h<3ursdedi'©n .dffle^ESM'^by Milterp.e'lidffiWlab
robk',1; andi §|jigj| onv thevotb tiptoe a?'- dSead^^ptecipa^dd
The path ispindeedpin mhnyi^aEl!^fiir^^sdhlte;|^N4p^j
to ithese-.-who. go( bn’iS^dtpor ;ridec©n; mules! -v^elle. trained’
tty,travel* weflfcit* s'ttnd^who K$m9j!a&-fecel)^irerfb^d.s I
The party arrived,' at fen>gJh,,iupon afifp'peh '* plain,
. adornedfin, manyi pMce^with iHe^flpweirih^msyrtl&sand' 1
box .’tpeeygrowing; wild jlfand: the; Wfhortleb^®^ $hi|p|b;d
whi&fe’ tho.in Ehg 1 arid itjj doesi> n o t?fex(4ped*in hedgh^fcl^l
diminutb sheath growing in< its mu^hbouihood.iis bcdSl
be.d@mef.aibush. osfe no itiGOnsiderableasii^ /At^heSfe-alli
. end of th® island ftheyisaw the crater dhakdxtinetf^fel-1
.cano, about four hundred yards in daiatn&jidfc, arounfehd
sides/ and» in: thedboStomi of ,Vjfhicl9,o were{?scait®;ed(ffag-
Ments Q-fotbedpva'. In« (.he. rainy season the' wafefiSThlad
lodged in,-the b®ttOfe|olifcMsicrateF; but ifr wds at this
time dry, and| almost1» erit^elT^o&ereddtfvitb the/herb
p emny* royal: - m
T oP o c to r Gill an (itraip p ekr ed that. ‘ ‘'there/hadfoeen