^^  from  prejudice,  partiality,  obli-  Concerning  the  manner  in  which

gj^ty  of  vision,  as  to  be  warranted  in  Gulliver  considers  evil,  we  shall  only

y^^iing  or  depreciating  a  great  obser-  remark  at  present,  that  he  investi-

^^  because  ne  framed  nis  theorv  gates  social  phenomena  in  the  moral

'  human  nature  on  the  facts  which  point  of  view  rather  than  the  physical.
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TINTED  SKETCHES  IN  MADEIBA.
THE  FUGBT  TO  Tfl»  MOUlfT.  " NotC-bOOk  CTOWdcd  fttll

Of  all  its  history  and  romance,  «

^  ^  ^  influx  of  strangers  to  Madeira  To  measure  it  with  tape  and  rule ;»'

^ttcreaaes  year  by   year.     Rich  in-  And  all  come,  filled  with  the  expec-

^aUds   seek   its    salubrious   shores,  tation  of  having  heart  and  mind  talcen

^cause  ^*  its  climate  is  the  finest  in  possession  of  by  its  singular  and  un-

%he  northern  hemisphere;  exceeding  paralleled  scenery,  which  has  obtained

^hat  of  all  other  climates  in  steadiness  for  it  the  graceful  titles  of  **  Flower

of  temperature  from  day  to  day ;  not  of  the  Ocean,"  and  "Queen  of  the

being  half  so  variable  as  either  Kome,  Atlantic.'*

Nice,  or  Pisa,  and  only  about  one-tliira  In  visiting,  however,  the  numerous

as  variable  as  Naples.    Men  of  science  places    of   interest   and   beauty  in

pay  it  flying  visits,  in  order  to  test  Madeira,  there  is  no  particular  route

the  theories  of  the  astronomers,  geol-  or  plan  observed,  though  there  are

ogLitB,    and   naturalists   who   nave  times  and  seasons  when  many  of  them

preceded  theni^  and  to  propound  new  may  be  seen  to  more  than  ordinary

one&    The  children  of  genius  come,  advantage.    As  an  instance,  I  may

troBtiiiff   to    find   it   the    "nursing  mention  Nossa  Senhora  do  Monte,

mothei^*  of  their  beautiful  imaginings,  commonly  called  the  Mount  church.
