CHAPTER II. 



MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 



" Each little addeth to the general store, 

 Who follows learns from him that went before." 



Pen's Poems. 



Passports. — Means of conveyance. — Lodgings. — Servants. — Money. — Pro- 

 visions. — Markets. — Clothing.— Horses. — Boats. — Oxen. — British places 

 of worship. — English burial grounds. — Shrove Tuesday. — Public amuse- 

 ments. — Parties. 



PASSPORTS. 



Passports for Madeira may be obtained without any payment 

 from the Portuguese Minister in London ; otherwise you are 

 presented on your arrival with a permit of residence, for 

 which you do pay. On leaving Madeira you are required to 

 take a passport. 



MEANS OF CONVEYANCE. 



The trading brigs which ply between London, Portsmouth, 

 Southampton, and Madeira are very commodious ; the cap- 

 tains are attentive to their passengers, and the fare is excel- 

 lent. Two or three of them generally sail in the course of a 

 month : they make the passage, on an average, in twelve 

 or fourteen days. There are no fixed days for sailing, but 

 they always advertise themselves in the Times. The passage- 



