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language, arc published at Funchal. The first newspaper ever 

 published there was the Patriota Funchalense, the first num- 

 ber of which appeared on the 2nd of June, 1821. 



The public buildings offer little to attract notice ; the 



churches are insignificant, and 



even the cathedral, a buildinof in 



the Basilica style, is in no way 



I remarkable otherwise than bv the 



