Account of the island of Madeira / [Nicholas Cayetano de Bettencourt Pitta].
- Pitta, Nicholas C., -1857.
- Date:
- 1812
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Account of the island of Madeira / [Nicholas Cayetano de Bettencourt Pitta]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[their] power. Among the poor, a seaman who pleads that he has been left by his ship, and that, in consequence, he is without money and clothes, never fails to be kindly received, and share their morsel with a family who often feel it difficult to support themselves. The rich are not less ready in offices of hospitality, which would be more generally proffered, but that some accidental misconceptions have made them fearful lest their civilities should be mis¬ interpreted, or rather from an imcertainty [that tli^y are uncertain] how they may be received.” “ By degrees,” observes the same author, “ the natives have acquired somewhat not only of English dress, but of the English manners. The cocked hat, sword and buckles, have gra¬ dually given way to the shoe-string and round hat, except in visits of ceremony, or among officers of the revenue, who are obliged, even to the custom-house clerk, to appear on duty in lull dress. Many of the labouring mechanics still continue attached to their lons^ cloaks : T O •V J J](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29317617_0099.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
