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are fed on beans and lupines. Firewood is obtained from the opposite island of Pico, five miles off, and from the Caldeira or Crater, a pit five miles round and fifs on the island, the soil being unsuitable; but there are extensive vineyards on Pico, and these are owned almost wholly by proprietors resident in Fayal. There isondition, in such cases, is the necessity of wearing shoes and stockings. The Pico peasants have also the advantage of the Fayalese in picturesqueness of costume. In summer, it is said, when the principal families resort to their vineyards at Pico, formalities are laid aside, and a simpler intercourse takes place. But I neverthet his appearance certainly did no discredit. There was a great shipwreck at Pico during our stay, and we heard of two hundred thousand dollars' worth of rich gooal depths that steam came to us! There has been no eruption from any portion of Pico for many years, but it is a volcano still, and we knew that we were standing on