appears again near Damiel at the lakes or lagunes
called Ojos de Guadiana “ the Eyes of Guadiana,” then
paffes by Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Medellin, Merida,
Badajoz, and Ayamonte, where it falls into the ocean,
after running for fome time in Alentejo, in .Portugal,
and feparating that kingdom from Spain, having
Caflro Marin of Portugal on the'wefl, and Ayamonte on
the eaft.
The Duero rifes in the Sierra of Orbion and paffes by
Soria, Almazan, Ofma, San Eftevan de Gormaz, Aranda
de Duero, Roa, Simancas, Tordefillas, Toro, Zamora,
Miranda de Duero, Lamego, and enters the ocean at
Oporto, receiving the rivers Erefma, Adaja, Pifuerga,
Ezla, Agueda, and others.
The Minho has its fource in Galicia near Caflro del
Rey. It runs South Weft and paffes by Lugo, Orrenfe
and Tuy, after which it divides Galicia from Portugal,
and falls into the Atlantic at Caminha.
Other fmaller rivers are alfo worthy of notice fuch as
the Segura, Guadalaviar, Lobregat, Caya, Vidafo, Tinto,
Guadalate, See.
Spain may be faid to enjoy a temperate and healthy
air, neither fo cold as the northern regions, nor fo burning
ing as the fcorching heats of Africa, and abounds in cattle,
game, fowl, corn, wool, filk, wax, honey, excellent
wine, brandy, oil, and fugar, all kinds o f fruit and pulfe,
aromatic herbs and plants, the fineft of oaks, quarries o f
marble, alabafter, jafper, and other precious ftones;
mines of filver, lead, copper, iron, mercury, antimony,
and cobalt: in ihort every natural advantage tending
to the pleafure and happinefs of mankind.
The territories o f Spain are faid to contain 25,000
fquare leagues [d). According to returns made to the
Count de Aranda in 1768, the general population of
the whole, including the Canaries and Mediterranean
iflands, amounted to about nine millions of fouls. In
the year 1778 it was further calculated to be between ten
and eleven millions, and fuppofed to be increafing.
(a) The Spanifli league is 7680 vans. 17 Spanith leagues make one degree, equal to
520 French leagues.
Three Caftilian feet make one vara of Caftile, whofe length is about 33 inches Englifk.
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