CHAPTER I. 
CONTENTS. 
DEPARTURE FROM THE UNITED STATES— VOYAGE TO MADEIRA-ARRIVAL AT FUNCHAL 
—APPEARANCE OF MADEIRA FROM THE SEA— LANDING AT FUNCHAL— VISIT TO THE 
CIVIL AND MILITARY GOVERNORS-STREETS, AND MODE OF TRANSPORTATION-CRIMI- 
NALS AND PRISONS— VILLA OF CARVALHAL— CONVENT— RIDES IN MADEIRA— CURRAL— 
VISIT OF SCIENTIFIC GENTLEMEN TO SAN VINCENTE— EXCURSION TOWARDS THE EAST 
END OF THE ISLAND— STORY OF ITS DISCOVERY— POPULATION OF MADEIRA— WINE- 
GOVERNMENT— CHARACTER OF THE INHABITANTS — DRESS — DWELLINGS — MODE OF 
TRAVELLING — EMPLOYMENTS OF THE PEOPLE — WINE-MAKING — LOWER CLASSES — 
ASCENT OF PICO RUIVO— NATURAL HISTORY— QUINT A OF MR. BEAN— SCHOONER STAR 
SAVED FROM WRECK— DEPARTURE FROM MADEIRA. 
