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MADEIRA. 



and, gradually spreading its rays over tlw fertile 

 decliviti^, entivem mi Tenders ditl&ct 

 $|i|eiid!d paroapect tiCfoMed to the voya^, ^ 

 the fiuii, however, acquires a strong^: pwet^ 

 ita proximity to a wide expanse of waters soon 

 causes a mist to arise by wliirh the ehiurness of 

 the view from the sea is much ohstructed. 



As we approajchedj ihe imm olFtxnehal op^ed 

 to our view> jfllt white habitations rising like an 

 amphitlieatre, and the hills around, covered b}^ 

 the vari('<2,ated tiuts of a kixuriaut vejj;'Ctatiou : 

 the wliole appearance of the island wiis such, as 

 tO! agreeable 

 ^ssJiboS of ddlgbt at my ^m0^ hdt more espe- 

 cially after the eye has enjoyed lot a time only 

 tlie prospect of sea and sky. 



As it was not our intention to touch at this 



hhxdf ill the mmti^ ^tfae day vm pwed 

 attdkftit &r te the disltoee* Weapdk©«ff tlfce 

 island one of Don Pedro's blockading stpiaih nn ; 

 it was a briiii' rnnnnting eio-hteen i^'uns, tilh'd witii 

 sueJi a motley crew as one may expect to see in 

 a piratical craft, flit? sp&teto^ {nformed m 

 that Thn Pedro Aisms with Admiral SartorixtSj in 

 a large ship olf th<' north side of the MmA : wa 

 thru parted ; they wisliinp;' us " un bnn \ oya^"('/'' 

 juk' we, in return, hopefl they might obtain 



