CONTENTS. 
CHAP. L 
THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA. 
The Bay of Biscay — Current setting into the Mediterranean explained 
by an Experiment — Remarkable Appearance of Madeira— -Town of 
Funchal — Cathedral — Franciscan Convent , and Chamber of Skulls—- 
'Nunneries— 'Climate and Diseases — Condition of the Inhabitants — 
Portugueze Beggars — Clergy — English Inhabitants — Discovery of the 
Island — Its Defences — Productions — Wines — How and to what 
Amount exported — Fiery Meteor 
C H A P. IL 
THE ISLAND OF TENERIFFE. 
Conduct of the Captain of a French Frigate — Bay of Santa Cruz^ iit 
Defences and Defects — Attacks of Blake and Nelson — Appearance of 
the Island, and Town of Santa Cruz — City of Laguna — Vegetable 
Productions — City and Sea-Port Town of Oratava — Teneriffe 
Wine — Journey up the Peak — Caverns for burying the Dead — The 
Guanches or Aborigines of Teneriffe — Condition of the present In- 
habitants — The Clergy — Royal Monopolies — Improvement of which 
the Island is capable — Climate — Remarkable Instance of Longevity — 
Description of the Fortunate Islands by Homer and Plutarch 
