Madeira and the Canary Islands : a practical and complete guide for the use of invalids and tourists / A. Samler Brown.

  • Brown, A. Samler.
Date:
1894
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Credit: Madeira and the Canary Islands : a practical and complete guide for the use of invalids and tourists / A. Samler Brown. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    I'KKFACE. study this section of the book, which it is hoped will also be found of use to merchants at home, to shippers, and to traders generally. At a time when the British Government considers it neces- sary to issue special instructions to its Consuls and Repre- sentatives abroad, the information given seems to form a necessary appendix to a guide dealing with countries to which British subjects may wish to emigrate, or in which British trade needs to be watched. Though Madeira and the Canary Islands can scarcely be classed as amongst the former, the climatic conditions and the methods of agriculture prevailing in them apply almost equally well to many of our own colonies ; whilst information may serve two ends, viz., to bring the right people, who are able to make a living, and to keep away those who would do better elsewhere. It is also a distinct gain to all, that Consular and other reports should be periodically epitomised, as but few can spare the time to hunt up a mass of hidden and half-forgotten records, which, even when found, would need systematic classification. The advertisements serve a double purpose—namely, to show the good opinion which the islanders themselves enter- tain of the book and to allow the traveller to dispense with a large amount of baggage by showing him what he must and what he need not take with him. The log-book at the end, it is hoped, will be used by those at sea. It has been placed there because the author wants the advertisements to be studied as a part of his scheme, which is to increase the knowledge of the islands, and thereby neces- sarily to increase their popularity. The whole book has been fully indexed, and the pages have been headed where it has seemed desirable. The author is deeply indebted to Sen. D. Ramon de Ascanio y Cruzat, who with the greatest kindness volunteered to read through the proofs of both maps and matter, in order that there should be no mistakes in the local names, Spanish terms, etc.