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money is £17 : for this sum you are provided with every re- 

 quisite for lodging and for board. 



It is usual for these traders, during the winter, to make at 

 least one trip to Teneriffe, thus affording an opportunity of 

 visiting that far-famed island, besides the benefit to the in- 

 valid of a sea-voyage. 



The new line of steamers to the Brazils offers another 

 means of conveyance to Madeira*. The passage-money 

 by these boats is £20. Return fares have been esta- 

 blished, at the rate of £33 out and home. An abate- 

 ment of one-sixth of the established rates is made in 

 favour of families. 



It is not safe for persons in delicate health, after having 

 spent the winter in a warm climate, to face the uncertain 

 weather of England much before June. In the month of 

 April some of the sailing brigs are in the habit of conveying 

 passengers to Cadiz, and a month spent in Spain or Portugal 

 on the way home makes a pleasing variety. The fare to 

 Cadiz, by the brigs, is £8 6s. Scl, and to Lisbon, by the 

 steamers, £7 5s. lOd. The Portuguese traders take vou to 

 Lisbon for £5 4s. 2d. 



LODGINGS. 



Lodgings in Madeira are plentiful and good. For a 

 family, the most comfortable plan is to take a Quintet, that is 



* These boats leave Southampton at 6 p.m. on the 9th of each month, 

 and arrive at Lisbon on the 14th, at 6 a.m.; stop one day; leave Lisbon on 

 the 15th, at 6 A.m., and arrive at Madeira on the 18th, at 1 A.M. Thence 

 they proceed to the Brazils, via Teneriffe and De Verd Islands, and on their 

 return arrive at Madeira on the 3rd of the following month, at 3 p.m.; they 

 leave Madeira on the 4th, at 3 a.m., and arrive at Lisbon on the 6th, at 

 10 p.m.; leave Lisbon on the 7th, at 10 p.m., and arrive at Southampton on 

 the 12th, at 10 a.m. 



