ANCHOR IN FUNCHAL BAY. 
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arobas of sugar were sent to Lisbon. This formed 
only twenty per cent, of the annual produce of the 
island, and was reserved as tbe especial revenue of 
the Military Order of Christ, of which Prince Henry 
was grand master. 
The other notable matter was the labour by which 
this sugar-cane was so abundantly produced. It was 
found from the first that Portuguese agriculturists 
would not voluntarily exile themselves, so recourse 
was had to the Negroes, who were imported in large 
numbers from Africa. These Negroes, who had, as 
we know, been toiling involuntarily ages upon ages 
in Asia, were now for the first time employed by 
Europeans in extracting wealth out of the new lands 
of the West. 
On the morning of February 3rd we arrived and 
anchored in Funchal Bay, just to the south of the 
Loo Rock, the only place of shelter at this season 
of the year, the open roadstead affording but little 
protection against the prevailing winds. The weather 
was fortunately very fine, and we were enabled to 
coal in safety. Coming in from the monotonous 
sea, the first impressions of Funchal are delight- 
ful and striking, with its luxuriant gardens smiling 
with gorgeous flowers, and its mountain-sides cul- 
tivated almost to their summits with beautiful plants. 
Nature exhibits herself here with such varied 
charms that imagination can scarcely picture a 
lovelier scene. 
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