See DYEING, c. iv. § 1.

MADEIRAS, THE, a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, consisting of two inhabited islands, named Madeira and Porto Santo, and three uninhabited barren rocks, named collectively the Desertas. Funchal, the capital of Madeira, is in N. Lat. 32° 37' 45", and W. Long. 16° 55' 20".