A Voyage Round the World, Volume I - Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 by James Holman
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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CHAP. I. Passion for Travelling--Author's peculiar Situation--Motives for going Abroad--Resources for the Blind--Embark in the Eden, Capt. Owen, for Sierra Leone--Lord High Admiral at Plymouth--Cape Finisterre--Arrival at Madeira--Town of Funchal--Wines of Madeira--Cultivation of the Grape--Table of Exports--Seizure of Gin--Fruits and Vegetables--Climate --Coffee, Tea, and Sugar Cultivation--Palanquin Travelling--Departure from Madeira CHAP. II. Teneriffe--Town of Santa Cruz--Female Costume--Incident at a Ball--Bad Roads--Climate--Productions--Population of the Canary Islands--Imports and Exports--Various Qualities of the Wines--Fishery--Leave Santa Cruz--Crossing the Tropic of Cancer--Shaving and Ducking--General Remarks--Make St. Jago--Anchor at Porto Praya--Sickly Season--Death of the Consul and his Wife--Consul's Sister--Governor's Garden and Watering-place--Population of the Island--Produce--The Orchilla Weed, its growth, uses, and varieties--Cause of Fever--Departure for Sierra Leone CHAP. III. Arrival at Sierra Leone--Mr. Lewis--Black Washerwomen.--Visitors on |
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