A voyage round the world, in the years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804. In which the author visited Madeira, the Brazils, Cape of Good Hope, the English settlements of Botany Bay and Norfolk Island ; and the principal islands in the Pacific Ocean. With a continuation of their history to the present period / By John Turnbull.

  • Turnbull, John, active 1800-1813.
Date:
1813
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A voyage round the world, in the years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804. In which the author visited Madeira, the Brazils, Cape of Good Hope, the English settlements of Botany Bay and Norfolk Island ; and the principal islands in the Pacific Ocean. With a continuation of their history to the present period / By John Turnbull. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    sioned by the care taken in selecting the largest and the best grapes for that of the first quality; the next best for those of the second quality. Some of these grapes are as large as an English plumb. The wine of the first quality, called Madeira Malmsey, is made from a vine imported by one of the Portuguese princes from Candia. A very small quantity of this wine is made, and it is of course monopolized for the best houses. The next sort is what is ordinarily drank in London for Madeira. The price of Malmsey in 1811 was as high as £80 per pipe. London particular, ,£60; and London Madeira £40. The wines of inferior quality are generally used by the populace. The vineyards are enclosed with a kind of prickly pear hedges, myrtles, flowering shrubs, &c. and almost all the European and tropical fruits, are to be found in the gardens. The heats ren- dering frequent irrigation indispensably necessary, the proprie- tors of vineyards have wears conducted into them, whence they water them every day, or as occasion may require. The island produces but very indifferent meat; the beef, compared to English ox beef, is a mere collection of sinews; yet bad as it is, since the occupation of the island by the English, its price is more than double to what it formerly was, being now from nine to ten, and even eleven pence per pound. There is very little fowl, few for sale, every one rearing his own; and the poultry, from the scarcity of corn, is tough. The common people of Madeira have the Portuguese feature