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Madeira

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were not able to procure & consequently could not settle their Genera, particularly those calld by the Portugese Mirmulano & Pao branco, both which, & especialy the first, from the Beauty of their leaves promise to be a great ornament to our European gardens.

The inhabitants here are supposd to be about 80000; & from the town of Fonchiale (its custom house I mean) the King of Portugal receives 20000 pounds a year, after having paid the Governor, & all expences of every kind, which may serve to shew in some degree the consequence which this little Island is of to the crown of portugal, was it in the hands of any other people in the world its value might easily be doubled, from the excellence of its climate capable of bearing any kind of crop, a circumstance
 

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