4 “? S P A I N.
CjTtES AND . Makigais efteemed -the Second p o rt in the kingdom, and is alfo cele-
Malaga. brated lo r excellent w ines, the rich M ala gayt h e ; Mo u n t a i n, fo. called from
the hills, which .produce- the grape, and the T e n t or T in to , fo- ftjykdfiïoin'
its. Bu h 9 h| tinge, M alaga -fta-nds in -,a» with-' MJ'ls* >
the houfcs, high, the ftreets narrow and dirty. Inhabitants, about
40,0 0 0 : the cathedral begun in 1528 is n o t yet finiihed ; th e convents
■are 2 5 ,'but o f fmall account.5 T h e city fwarms w ith thieves arid mendicants.
The- municipal gov e rnm en t' refts- with a co rre g id o r'' or
. mayor, appointed b y the crown ; but-- the« regidors'rör ‘laMerïnen'ate
_ 'hereditarjrt,v ’ tw o gty&dkos; © * f « | h B | i e s ? s '
- pcpple. 11
Barcelona. Towards the S. E. is the .third mod confiderable port o f ’Spain, that
o f Barcelona.* T h e ftreets are narrow and c ro o k ed ; the -ioSdi#s3*§tif
rafher rich tfcsagj bpajftiftil T h e h o lp ié l^ c o j^ a ih s: about 3 4®d.>«md,a.fi-.
" trious poor, ,fta A th e re . is a houfe--®f‘cor^e#foi%iw'hich-.ifometoBl^Tife-.
-eludes -even women o f rank, i f .guilty o f drunkennefs or other low-
vices. T h e inhabitants o f Barcelona, are computed at more -than
100,000; and induftr-y prevails here, being, a native virtue o f the. Gata-
- 'lonians : chief manufactures, fflk, cotton, and wool, excellenGfire-a-rms
and c u tle ry ; the chief imports, corn, fifh, and woollen goods ; exports
wine, brandy, cloth, an d leather. D u rin g peace it i-srfuppofed th a t
1000 veffel’s enter this p o r t ; o f which h a lf are Spanifh, 120 French,
‘to o Englifh, and 60 Danes. Barcelona ftands in a plain o p en -to the
S. E. but protedbed by hills on the n o rth and weft, being: ajhe-^iihy--
and delightful relidence ; b u t the eaft wind commonly brings flag-,, and-
produpes fuch irritability th a t the beft friends at fuch- periods rather
willi to .avoid, each other. ft
Along th e northern- fhorcs o f Spain th e re are few harbours o f any,-;
Corunna. note! T h e moft remarkable is that: o f Corunna,, b y o u r' mariners
ftftyled. the Gro y n . T h e harbour is large and fafe ; "the town of-ai circular
form|s b u t thé poverty o f the furrounding • province o f Galicia,
affords; few refources for trade, and many o f the 'natives are- difperfgd-
over Spain and even Portugal,, as day labourers and -fervants, being, üriir
-ver-fally efteemed for th e ir probity and fidelity.
5 11ow jifen d ,..iii, 10 . .& C . 6 I b ; , i , io 6 . ‘,
:C HA'P. III. GH ? I L G ED G R A P H Y, ' i|§j
l ï i e ichief inland-çkiês f&Spain m i be Triéfly ^ viewed, beginning CW S &
'4 e®' the. north. '1 Oviedo and Leon are now inconfiderable, and only Towns.
Jboaftvt^ÿitleJïhfàme,, aslfél^eÉ|re eap k#rP|^abiffiToyaTty, when
ftruggling again ft the Moors. The cathedral at Leon is admired for
-its elegant iigbtnefs.' , j
M T a m p A o n a , the capital of Navarre* is more remàrkable for the learn- P am p eW
mg of Ibmhiof.ks prelates, than.Tor any other circumftance. The inhabitants
are about 5000. Burgos, ..the fee o f an archbifnop, retains
' I S 63 o f former opulencn. Valladolid, in the fame province of old
Caftille, contains-fome woollen manufactures, and many goldfmiths and f
i
Saragofla; the chief town- d f Arragon, is-the ancient Gefarca Augufta, s k l ÿ . '
and difp.la-ys many rich.churches and convents.7 T h e univeAltyi?cooii
tains ^ b s o ^ s p o i f tu d e u t ^ , ^ T ^ & ^ e mo- t h o u g h t is
to he hdpfeddHatThofe will be ^ c o h r% d iib iy tjife ' great leàftaDof Ar-rai
ê ont ^ j e ^ p è d ; lik e .p fh er Spa-mifft .w-orks^srMvfc moft--magmiibeht fe d e ,^
an d -qf-ftis-dength o f about 2 ç p h% ÿ iflium iie s^ f|fe ^ , tthe m o u th oftt-hè
Ebro-to,:St>;:'Ander in >tbe .weft^cn.extrprinlÿfo f Bifoayptkus umtife^ th è
Medîfefç^pa^fWith the A tla ^ llf ' A
r T a f e d o j^ e ity ^ p o n f id b f e b le To k ^ ,
feme^anHilrbtnaTikat^ fituatippi fphgtfe, r.iyeP.lT i ip j!fbr&Tyfeus, paffing
bfihwepnstw® mountains o f grarntg-’.aLfppft.'furvoundsmne^pfbhem, da-
istpiftced -theek-y, rjfing like ft soite.?8j j ^ e d p -vya8?%mgrly,the t
^oyal .reffderree; a n d ^ a s ^ a .ip th&ybignkff
Charles V. The. manufaCtu-Fp^bf arms-was Ibng fasnp-us, sa n d hfts been,
recently reyived : t ^ . ;archbifhoprickismpy|gu^ed;a t.^q ^ c )p k ,;annuaily.j,
bui the ïn h a b it^ tS j^ o lïte ' cycülàted'jat ^ o ^ o q ^ f i r e A pw ie d ik ;^ to-
2$lÊÊ0 ‘ '
Badijos, in- Eftramadura, is remarkable for ks pofition on the very
gon-fines o f Portugal ^ and is|^îp fpp qf,^ bidipipri.^. '. In thpYôütfièrn
provinces appears Seville,- famous - till the - year 1.720, as the .mart■ o f Scviüe._
American,; trade. . T he inhabitants are c6^p u i|d ;’'It‘ and thè V v
churches and convents ,are opulent, and beautiful 4 The /chief mamu-
fadures' .filk, and recently fnuffs, a royal monopoly, not on ly the com-
7 Townfen'd,- i. 205. . 8 Ibid, i. j o j - . i-.