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42_26 Madeira Islands though we are so far at sea. They measured, I should judge, 15 to 20 inches from top to tip of wing. The wings are white with dark black tips. The birds are mostly white beneath, grayish-white above. Dr. Bade calls them Stormy Petrel (!). This morning early we arrived at the Madeira Islands. In the faint morning light the geometrical outlines of the houses on the slopes could be made out. The settlements are thicker and the population of Funchal greater than I had anticipated. By a little before 9 o'clock we left the ship's side, under a heavy swell, which made gaining the launch difficult. Bade and I wandered up through the |
42_27 Jan. 14, 1926 narrow streets of Funchal, paved with round pebbles from the sea-shore, pebbles set in cement and often [disposed] in geometric figures or simple mosaics. Garden walks, even slight steps are made in the same way. We went first to the house of the American consul, Mr. Lord. He said that the sugar cane flats which we saw were used to extract sugar juice for fortifying Madeira wine; the result is that Madeira wine is like a liquer or port. It is very strong. There are only two kinds. Though there are a thousand labels. We pass in the narrow streets men heavily loaded with the sugar cane leafy stalks. These loads are used to feed cattle. All such men and many others, and many women and |
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