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Madeira

Septr. 1768

As much of the Island as we saw shewd evidently the signs of a volcano having some time or other possibly producd the whole; as we saw no one peice of stone which did not evidently shew signs of having been burnt, some very much, especialy the sand, which was absolutely cinders. indeed we did not see much of the countrey, but we were told that the whole was like the specimen we saw of it.

When you first aproach it from seaward, it has a very beautifull appearance, the sides of the hills being intirely coverd with vineyards, almost as high as the eye can distinguish, which make a constant appearance of verdure tho at this time nothing but the vines remain green, the grass & herbs being intirely burnt up, except near theĀ 

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