F U N C H A L, 1750. 16- 



Sennor at Cadiz is tawny : if he is not a 

 monk, he wears a coat reaching to the feet, 

 a linen cap, and a hat upon it ; every thing 

 is folemn : but in Funchal they had fine com- 

 plexions, full faces, and did not affecl: fo much 

 gravity. Their drefs was French, except the 

 long black coats and furtouts. 



The Portugueze ladies are fcarce ever in 

 the ftreets •, but as far as could be difcerned 

 when they opened their windows in order to 

 fee and to be feen, they difplayed a fine fair 

 complexion and lively eyes. I think I faw 

 five at Cadiz, and thefe were thin and tawny. I 

 obferved that the Virgin Mary had correfpon- 

 dent airs, complexions, and fhape in her pic- 

 tures j and I judged from thence, that this was 

 the tafle of the nation with regard to beauty. 



After we had provided ourfelves with wet 

 and dry provifions, we fet fail, the nth of 

 May, and made the bed ufe of the uniform 

 weather and wind that fubfift between Africa 

 and America, which forward the voyage to 

 the Eaji Indies with more expedition than that 

 to Hudfon's Bay and the North Cape ; becaufe 

 the wind in thofe latitudes is more changeable. 

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