CHAPTER IV._Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy.

MADEIRA.

First Impressions.--Difficulty in Landing.--Description of the

Island.--History.--Unfavourable Political Circumstances

connected with the Cultivation of the Ground.--Aqueducts.--

First Planting of the Sugar-cane.--Culture of the Vine.--Its

Disease and Decay.--Cochineal as a Compensation for its Loss.--

Prospects of Success.--Climate.--A favourable Winter Residence

for the Consumptive.--Strangers.--First Appearance of the

Cholera.--Observations with the Ozonometer.--Great Distress

among the Lower Classes.--Liberal Assistance from England.--

Decline of Commerce.--Inhabitants and their Mode of Life.--

Decrease of the Population, and its Causes.--Benevolent

Institutions.--Public Libraries.--The Cathedral.--Barracks.--

Prison.--Environs of Funchal.--Excursion to St. Anna.--Ascent

of the Pico Ruivo.--Singular Sledge Party.--Return to

Funchal.--Departure. 58

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