On the 30th of July she sailed down the river, and on the 13th of August anchored in Plymouth Sound.
The wind becoming fair on the 26th of that month, our navigators got under sail, and on the 13th of September anchored in Funchiale Road, in the island of Madeira.
While Lieutenant Cook and his company were in this island, they were treated with the utmost kindness and liberality by Mr.Cheap, the English consul there, and one of the most considerable merchants in the town of Funchiale.

He insisted upon their taking possession of his house, and furnished them with every possible accommodation during their stay at Madeira.

They received, likewise, great marks of attention and civility from Dr.Thomas Heberden, the principal physician of the island, and brother to the excellent and learned Dr.
William Heberden of London.

Dr.Thomas Heberden afforded all the assistance in his power to Mr.Banks, and Dr.Solander in their botanical inquiries.
It was not solely from the English that the lieutenant and his friends experienced a kind reception.

The fathers of the Franciscan convent displayed a liberality of sentiment towards them, which might not have been expected from Portuguese friars; and, in a visit which they paid to a convent of nuns, the ladies expressed a particular pleasure at seeing them.