1853 This day I received from the fisher men several fishes, crustacee etc, in addition to those before found. The people seemed miserably poor, and dozens of them crowded around me for alms or for a few coppers in exchange for some small shell, fish reptile or crab they might have found. Sunday, July 17. Funchal In the afternoon I dined with the Consul, Mr March, at his Quinta, in company with several celebrated offi- cers. In the evening the “Great Wes- tern” a singular looking steamer, with four masts, arrived from England. The star-ship “Lexington” which had arrived here last Thursday in 26 days from New York, sailed for Cape Town. Monday, July 18. Funchal Dr Aforbega, a scientific Portuguese educated in England, with whom I had made acquaintance during our stay, came to bid me adieu, bring- ing a copy of his work on Cochineal