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be obtained in all its beauty, is the terrace in front of the 

 church of Nossa Senhora de Monte, situated 1965 feet above 

 the level of the sea, on a ridge of the Arrebantao mountain, 

 reached in less than an hour by one or other of the existing 

 conveyances ; these are either horses, or hammocks and sedan- 

 chairs, or sledges, covered with tasteful canopies, and drawn by 

 a couple of small oxen. 



Though a vehicle, reminding one so strongly of a northern 

 winter, appears rather odd in a climate such as that of Madeira, 

 yet its practicability and convenience is very soon perceived, 

 when comfortably sliding away over the smooth stones of 

 Funchal. Wheel carriages, such as used in Europe, are 

 unknown here. 



But he who has bodily strength and health enough to be 

 able to wander through the interior of the island, will find 

 spots which command landscapes by far more grand and sub- 

 lime than that seen from Nossa Senhora de Monte. Cape 



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