New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-01

ncpe OF the OF eXhaustOn-dnd otncr
tiers, most urgent upon their consideration But want
ing the power of INSTRUMENTATION. l put them no
question Happy, indeed thought him who could hna
books in the running brooks and through some
mysterious inde6nable agency acquire for the soul
the treasures the countless treasures of knowledge in
accessible 10 the grOsser sensei
The mountains which overlook Funchal are net the
highest Of thesand but from their PERCEPTIONS proxm
~ to the Funehaese they shut cut from the
eurtsned sight the higher beyond Still these are some
four thousand feet from the level Of the sea and
night glad to ind, on overcoming their tedious SUBMITS
Kind OF table-and upon which could trot nv horse
With the combined aid Of spur and burroquero" the
latter keeping UP fire in the rear"
took with me not only regular burroquerc but one
l had raised from the ranks To act as drssoman He
knew the history of almost every family in Madeira
good rae0EeEr, and with much dislointed chat neu
aized macy hardships of the journey lie was cice-
rome nevertheless and ripe and good one and not only
pontedeu with invarisble fidelity all the scenes ofnter-
est but developed their various excecnccs win admi
rabe discrimination had lost much without him.
Imet surmounting the crests Of farther mountains,
and descending in long asd veaIisome trains toward
Funcha the country population OF both sexes old and
young, all encountered with facg0t-bundles on their
/ heads or borne down 10 earth with oyer-laden arms
} They we're going, my dragonsn told me. With their
vsluelsss labor some Of hen from St. Anne, 20 Fun
cba to get little money for the fiesta as they call
the Christmas holidays They were tohng for eighteen
miles over hills almost inaccessible, 10 gain bare pit
tance-a pistareen. perhapsa Bit" and no more-to
celebrate the natal day OF their religion Some we're
shoeess, some without breeches-am0st all without
covering for the head.
Yet they podded on not uncheerally, with ready sal
utstiou, or blessing for an unssked and unexpected
trife. saw followed in the stony sides Of the nous
tains an occasional cavity, like wild beasts den
These. said my drsgOman, were the resting places
where beated pedestrians, past all hope OF home,
went through the night uncouched, uncovered but not
l trust, unblessed. Not unbessed indeed for
HI, that doth he ravens feed,
Naa ~ Qlffr flr he
Would visit the harsh stone with dreams denied TO beds
of down.
After varied pace Of some four miles. came to a
Vepds with the customary initials Z. V. b. over the
door They signify Pao, Vigno, Bom," or Good
"Bre ID and Wine and are generally used, as" IL
Goods and Groceries" in New England villages. Here
refreshed my attendants with glass of wine, my horse
with rest and my self with walk TO summit nelghb0r
ing TO the road from which | had pleasant though
mount restricted view found had trayersed about
six miles of NY journey, in an hour aud half might
have rode quicker and less agreesbiy
passed on the right Pico infante PcO Silva and Pco
Obebras-on the left PicO Lagoa and Pico Polio. They
stand out against each other like sentinels or out
posts of contending armies or like warders on castle
walls watching the approach Of the foe. Mountains
seem to have features ke men, upon which time equal
" impresses its power OF change Some OF these ap-
reared az in early youth, with freshness and smiles
Others n matured age with more subdued expressOn
others again had and ravnes, like wrinkles, on
their countenance the inevitable testimony OF withered
age. To the minds eye lifetime Is represented IN
their several features.
One oftbese mountains comprises in itself various lat
tudes with their temperatures and products On their
lower sopes turned to the daily sum- found tropical
fruit, and flowers among the fruits the banana aud the
cutaTd apple; OF the flowers the Camelia Japonca I'D
exrayagant abundance, the Ballad Lily and many others
hardly less beautiful while the Orangetrec, the coral
tree the coffee and the corktree dazzle the eye with
their brilliant varieties aud Cypress the air with perfume
Half way up tie mountain the products of our Orchards
the pear the apple and the plum and still higher the
delicious wild strawberry, much sweeter IN its un-
tanned hauuts These all found in one hours journey,
ard in bative perfection
Pco Foico !. the highest point think traversed
en- route IL divides the southern from the northern
part of the island and with marked determination To
ascend this peak on foot mounted, is easy UNDER
ticking and without mi ht perOus-fOr the road
sometimes oyerhaDgs profound preciplces, from the
bottom of which if preciptated therein BY careless
step you would not be- the Portuguese say, worth
"pickngup Earnest attention should therefore super
wise your every step
Passing over from the Pico Polio, kind of table
land called the F,ye'ras, we descend toward the valley
of the hberO FRO The roads are sometimes paved 20
the very SUBMITS OF the mOuntans-a work OF immense
labor and cost but, in the meantime, most necessary
for the tempestuous rains would otherwise render
the highways impossible.
The descent to the Ribero Frio, what with previous
rains and the slated path, appearing to NE as slippery as
the sides Of the cecad bills down which We were wont
to coast when boys prepared to dmount, and seek.
supposed, a safer achievement on loot But here,
nv attendants the DragOman one side and the burro
Guero on the other casped by the legs and held
to the saddle, vocilerang gestculating and protesting
against ny intent | could have understood their i'm
pressve action, had not cOmprehended my DragOmans
language: Much man., said be- falls down AMI hurt
" him trying 10 walk" Wherefore, kept the saddle.
doubtless welladysed. For my DragOmal, uncon-
sciousy illustrating BOlingbrokes famous spothegm that
history was philosophy teaching BY example" had
scarcely taken steps forward, before, his feet sliding
from under him. he fell at flllengh, aud with gentle
force upon the smOOth,worn stone; and was carried
some distance below. He rose, however, Immediately
to hs feet with no other injury than rupture Of his
neither integument and rather painful barking OF bis
dexter arm He congratulated me on his iai, and I'M
derstocd full well the logical Inference he expected to
drswfrom it,
As we crossed the Feyteras, table land, had
view Of the mountainous ridge that shuts in the Cur
ral on the East The SUBMITS are relieved against the
sky in multitude Of fantastic shapes. We saw solitary
slabs Ike affairs rise the Heavens broken shafts Of
columns suggestive OF ancient temples overthrow, and
sculptured tombstones, commemorative OF a former
world or perhaps Of the Titanic disaster Indeed not
even amid Alpine scenery have encountered views
letter calculated 70 the full indulgence Of the poetic
fancy.
Through o rayiIe many hundred feet in depth, and
cloth ed from top u bottom on either side, with lower
inc trees ard cyervreens the RiberO FRO flows As
saw IL i. was gentle aud quie, stream, Astounding in
pleasant snuOstes and noiseless falls But am tod
that zen lie snoWs the high mountains are OOsened
and the rains descend Ike cataracts, this yer sWeLs
into mighty ard terrible stream tears up BY the roots
the pines sezes the huge rock from lts
reluctant bed and rushing with demonac fury upon the
unprotected cottage sweeps the engued mass in0 the
far resouudirQ see Indeed one would Judge for HIM
self from the tcOfrequen indications OF It's angry power
On either side rs cOurse, well from the great width
End iI mese depth Of its bed that it intended for