The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-29

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The mat6r portion of France that
saw in crossing from Calais to Irur
the frontier of Spain, via Paris, is Ger
tainIy a beautiful country, and the car
riage roads | think can literally b
called "billiard table roads,
When one arrives in London, h
makes up his mind that he has ar
| rived at some place so large that h
can not take it all in with one look
! There are many interesting places an,
sights to be seen in London, but
have to state that l did not have the
| pleasure of seeing very many of them
| The climate of London is not what
! call an ideal climate There is a great
amount of fog and smoke, and I have
! seen the streets lighted at midday
and the hacks, carriages and convey
ances Of all kinds light up between
| twelve and l clock the same as al
midnight.
ISLAND OF MADEIRA.
Madeira is situated in latitude 50
degrees % min. north, longitude II
degrees IL min. west, and about lC
degrees north Of the Tropic of Cancer
and the climate is similar in many
respects to that of the Hawaiian Is
lands. There seems to be more mois-
ture in the air. however, and the DAYS
seem more oppresslve; but as soon as
the sun goes down it seems to be
chilly ana damp. The island is very
mountainous, and very little travelling
is done by means of carriage roads.
Several things appeared to me very
striking in the Island of Madeira.
While the area in square miles is only
about the same as that of Oahu, the
population L believe is about 100000.
The principal products are wine, prae-
tically all sorts of grain known to
northern Europe, and all flowers and
fruits not absolutely tropical can be
grown, while ferns and MOSES seem
to be indigenous.
There is only one macadamized car
riage road, namely, the New road,
which leads to Camara de Lobos. 8
miles (912 kils.) west of FunchaI.
Sledges drawn by bullocks (carros)
are, however, able to penetrate the
country for a few miles from the city
along certain tracks. Hammocks are
largely used and good horses may be
had, but the healthy pedestrian is best
off if he does not mind roughing it
little. The natives, in fact, rather than
drive mules, prefer carrying goods on
their shoulders and may sometimes be
met with in large parties, the leader
playing a machete and the rest singing
as they walk. Saddlebags are unknown
and the guide insists ON carrying the
riNer's luggage, 5gaieh he does not
'seem to find an SAbrance.
ssFunchal is the Ahts city and port
AZ the island ofaeira. There are
no regular wharyes Is which vessel
Gan come up tes same as at this
port. They all anchor outside in the
bay. The population | believe is esti-
mated at about $4,000 There are
number of very good hotels and some
very interesting sights. The buildings
are all built of stone and then plaster
ed over with cement, and are very
The roofs, as rule, are
made of thing, and the buildings and
roofs are painted with bright colors.
The streets in Funchal are usually
paved with stones from the beach, and
the hacks or carlos are drawn by
oxen, and are similar in many respects
where there is snow. There is a meth |
cd of greasing the steel shoe by tax
ing piece of gunnysacking that has |
been saturated with some kind of oil |
Or grease and throwing it down under |
the runner and letting the sled run |
over it, and then repeating the opera
ton with the other runner. The oxen |
are small as a rule, about the size of /
our Jerseys, and are usually kept in
very good condition. This sled or car
rio is not at all an uncomfortable con-
veyance.
The handiwork of the people of Fun
chal is worthy of special attention.
The beautiful type of embroidery and
lrawn work done by the women and
children, and the willow work, chairs,
baskets, tables, ETC., that are manu-
featured by both men and women, show
skill and ability.
There is one sugar mill in Funchal
which / understand produces about ten
tons of sugar per diem. After the
sugar goes through the rollers it passes
through a process of diffusion. The
sugar is not refined at all, and is sold
n the market there as raw sugar.