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Madeira. “ but ib'isiprobstbfe that the bay .or beach ofiPunphaf is
.'Sadsf^mbntief a lar’gefb^ter, the-exterior partfof^hieh
i4!'.%asfsunk into; theiSe&‘.;vforf in ;the first th%frfiin-
^fes-foBfelue --stories; upon thb beach, are all ofieomptot
'‘gtefe? secondly^r-fompesMousi weather throwsdalvsiays
.-.upon) the^sKorerUrger jnaf*es: teethe; sam^blu.e^va
«. atone, -and^also, - a quantity of cellular l«a,' app^ach-
fein^ to^ um ice, stone in;text»e,pbut
« and not -fibrous; and lastly, the Lpoirpoh, and Ugi&ng
^e {place'opposite to. dtp to the westward,q^Funchad bay,
- ^ w e lb a s that on whichnthe^^ort - S t . - J ^ ^ goss
tr u c t^ are - evidently,, perf ^^dicula|plf^pift»f8^®f'
“ jth^e%es :of thte crater, whic^havOff^it^rto^re^ted
^ thet> acting of -/h^sea,' by - haypng^e^-
ported,-,J caf haying- moretelosely,adhered AP§#th^%:jtho
4‘-muph worn by the vioiene„e*df the^rgo. T |^ p a r
^riotihe least resemblance to the «fighfeouriig
“ little within shored v to sfll ! _ i ■ > r ' .
r ‘ As far, indeed, as every extornal .appeagangef, and
«fety .examination into the bowels- of the M h ,;can
warrantreasonable leonjpeture, the body >ofc the island
o f Madeira may ^ be > considered as t h e . summit of^a..primary:,
Imountain, from whence, at several subsequent
periods,- .volcanic matter, was ^exploded; smaller
islands of Porto Santo and dhe;
joined to,it; .but hay& in convulsions
which’ nature has undergone, been separated from it,
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andthetfiioime^hte?dpac^have;helh'.d©vered with the J
PllSiXi ttOUlS'.-«;-■■';) -to*»»* * ' y * ^ - .
The - roefcyr shore -’.o£i#to<Marud ;of’ Madeira,nand the
violent siigo, NcotemnM^rb^4iai^‘-opt it, form ta inatural
Bfe&riceJ .fpil/sY'HTff adxin f What' ast‘ has s added at . the
I M M — M efea W
the M p p U M I M M
CaptaMi.Parish observed/* {4 in.feur.;snraM forts. One
Htsitoiediat the-easterh'^emityfok the beatlhmfjTun-
4 4* ©hal'd with a .perpendic^hr^^gbtiHsing immediately
1 intte year:/ Thislforb§ta»Bdshadow asito%tk-pasiito
«< ■ tkeffirfe) <rfrfehi|ip«&g9 'althiOi tan; o p p o r t u n i t y offered of
*° H where, might be
| e r k M - ^ S y cbmmanding'vvork. ^ T h is fortras .called
‘ 4 St. Jkgot T h a t' o h Sto^Qrengo.9 w ith in . twi® hundred
<4<yfids.<of, the »western kxtr-emifcy* ofe&t© town? as an!
t&itregular work, whes% g s e a ^ tr le n g th tis ahputs'oato
4 f hundred* yards,; and' its breadthi nearly-as .mtidh. It
I has-threec .Small bastionsknd b battery!toward the«*# SI ahdlfiahking^ thte teach/ This iss-ocdnp'iedds the-aresi-
II dence of the/goverrior-. A>tHkddcalled Peak >casdte; i4
“ situated at dhe north-.we&t .angle, o f the^ towmiupon a
“ haib^ian#aj|fGfebhal|a mileTromthtesbore. Itus/very
o difficult. oftacdeis from- the /southward1; but, of4 the hill
Miahove-dt were orifce -.gaimpdh nodoriiiidable '^resistance
^ couldliteiexpected from ilSl.ahrit. is completely ov6r-
4S h f o r t o s i a n d s ; upon;the .ta&,
M
Madeira.
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