| Description Of Item | He is answering a letter from Cullen about the benefits of spending the winter on Madeira. He gives the temperature as 58° Fahrenheit in winter with no frost or snow, although there can be storms, and 78° in summer. Also there is no damp or dew at night. He describes the houses although accommodation is limited 'and the Portuguese know no such thing as boarding and lodging'. The roads are not good but 'a sort of large hammock...this Madeira Palanquin' is carried between two men. He describes the food available saying that milk is expensive '3d per quart' and listing which items would have to brought 'from England', and describes what the people wear. He gives an example of Mr Brown who went there from London. In index. |