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MADEIRA. 
bananas and pine-apples, with our own European fruits, 
astonishes the novice, who little anticipates so great a 
change in the botanical character. We visited again and 
with pleasure some of the many interesting localities in 
the neighbourhood ; the Camara de Lobos ; the mountain 
‘ Jardin’ of Mr. Veitch ; the Church of Nossa ' Senhora 
do Monte’ — where also is situated the beautiful and 
hospitable residence of Mr. Webster Gordon — over- 
looking, from its elevated position, the town and road- 
stead of Funchal ; but above all the far-famed “ Corral,” 
where nature has concentrated a picture of such com- 
bined wildness and grandeur, as she only can display. 
Madeira is so well known, and much of its flora, 
especially, has been so well described by Mr. Lowe, that 
it is unnecessary to enter on any description of either 
here, particularly as our stay was so short. Dr. Vogel 
had indeed, only time to take a few short excursions, 
and have the gratification of observing the habitat of 
many interesting indigenous species. But it may 
easily be imagined, that a locality so favoured by tem- 
perature, soil, aspect and great variety of elevation, 
would afford an inexhaustible field of interest to 
botanical researches. He, however, considered the flora 
of the island to be of a south European character, only 
a few plants, chiefly of Dracoerue, pointing to an extra 
European mixture. 
We received very great kindness and hospitality from 
our countrymen resident on this island ; and our 
grateful acknowledgments are particularly due to Mr. 
