Guadal-
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T a jo .
Douro.
Minho.
Lakes.
Mountains.
rifes in tRe- ihêuntéins o f Afturias, in a final! vale E. of Reinofa, and
pur filin g , its Göur'fè to th e S. E. enters th e Mediterranean after
having run about 3#b^Q. miles. T h e other-rivet® rUrinirigTbthe;eaft
a re o f lets importance, as the Guadalavir, th e Xücdiy and the Segura',
which, enlivens,the fertile va le s.of Murcia; - Towards the weft Occurs
th e Guadalquivir, the ancieUtBaetis, which gave nafeue to th e prOvirifeel
.This river Originates in the Sierra^ Morena, and flows' into the-ïgütph.
o f Cadiz, after a eourfe o f'n ea t' 300 6 . mile%s• iT%e;Gitaelianaliilhs $ i
th e N. fide o f the Sierra Morena, , according to Spanilh authors, though
th e chief fourths feern rathpr to b e in th e mountains of, T o led o :*dt
purfues a part o f its eourfe through.. Portugal, and falls in to th e ’egulph
o f Cadiz, after a circuit nearly equal to that o f the Ebro. But théóhis®f
fiver o f Spain and Portugal is
weft o f Arragon, near Alhartacin, in a fpring. eal.led Abrega/* and holds
^■eourfe o f about -450 O . m ile s .. "T h e D o u ro fprings',neat;.tiiè'ruins
o f ancient Numantia.j and its eourfe may ftf;computed a,t 35Q -G.. miles,,
T h e Minho rifes in th e m p u n ta in ^ o f ^ a lf t ja ; ;'andlis *h1i®l‘e remarkable
a s forming a part o f .the boundary befetyeeri th a t pjipyinpgand Portugal,-
th an for. the length of. its (circuit, Which does, ndt, exceed
M a n y - othe r ftreams pervade the no rth e rn province^, hutj nqt of#fufr
ficient importance to he here commemorated,-, ,3
T h e lakes o f Spain are fo few, and. o fs(u ch ,ftp a ll1^x te n t1 that* th ey
fcarcely deferve notice. T h e re is a fingiy^t f ^ S ^ p f f e d l lakes in the
S. K. o f New; Caftilfe, to which fome a ffig n ih e foarce o f ,thé-Guadianaj
. T h e Spanifh mountains are arranged, by nature in feveral diftinft:
chains. T h e moft northe rn is regarded as..a, continuation-, o f th e
Pyrenees, paffing on the S. o f Bifcay and thg Anurias into Galicia,
T h is chain is diftinguifhed by different d am e s t as, the mountains
o f Bifcay, th e Sierra o f Afturias, and th e mountains o f Mondjonedo
in Galicia. I t is alfa k nown by the names o f the mountains o f Santi--
j i a n a , o f V indo, and o f the mountains o f Oca.4 I f , we except the
A l p s , Pyrenees, Apennines, and other chains in countries civilized at
* Near the Sierra Blanca, e(teemed the higheft fituation in Spain, a* the Guadalaviar runs
in to the Mediterranean. Dillon/ 208.
* jou rn al des Mines, A n v. 391.^
an early ‘pferiod,’ add accuftdmdd* fcPrtgihSerhl arid ftiehtific views, there Mountaik
is fcarcely a range ofiSfnountains dirtingtiithed- b y a n unifofrh' term,
th o u g h f o ’necefihry-* lit geo^rafhio 'elucidation: ft ratift alfof “be here '
obferved th a t the ■ terrii '-Sierf-aI^phc-fali’atf to Spain, impfie^'S* chain o f
mountains whofe4;tM c ’e'SMle!''pea'ks p relent th ^T e fp n b la n f e 'rif a fa w .
'lEKe gypfeoiis and 1 af^ira'ceods^l^^^^tairfs^of this’^boudfVy 'rarely exhibiting
a ri^ fn p lem e b'feV tftitfri;'I^ tfeo ^ ih Ae-grahiticbhkifi.sj naturally ‘
fuggefted this fingular^pjfell^foii^' *
T h e fe ta n d c h a in ofSpanifti ^ ^ u rita ir is 'e ^ lf rtds^fforn near Soria on
the N. E., and purfues a^S^W. d i r d a f b f t ^ w ^ d ^ T b V i ^ h T f til chain
is called that o f Urbia, or Guadarama'; ahd Slfo^Fbef*l^oW ifC 'af^ekW hbs.*
T h e thirdds that' ©f Tole'di^'fhiiolligM^tyfy parallel, With the ihft. T h e fe
tw o central chains Teem to cohtmft>^reat 'quanl’itie s ^ f granite.1
‘rvN e x t towards the S. i s ' th e S ie frV -I& io i^
which are followed b y th e mofti fou-thern 4 id g 4 fth 4 ft { 'Sierra-
! Nevada. ’ rij
th e eaft there is a^bbtofiBeraWetcihairi, wBrcli!'?b6h£fe5^:s ‘th e tiv o 1
Central ridges, and advances towards the1 Mediterranean
ValenfeMi "Th e re are alfo feVeral' 'corifidfefaiift;' ranged o f hills in-tbfs- 1
p a rt o f th e k in g d om , generally runriingifront N .'io Si *
A remarkable folitary mountain, riot (far ftom>Barc4 l(Si#aV mrift’not? Montferrati
h e -omitted.^ At a diftarie’e Mbritferirat 'appears'Tike' aSfri^^bhiF
©m a nearer -approach' Teems |$f|*ed» Tike4 Taw, ^wfth^yrSfeFdaT r.obk^:?^
it' is,Jcompofed o f farcrlite or p u d d in g d lb h e ^ 'fdrn&ff'-bf
Urifted by calcareous c em ent; and"is' d f 'fucifl'fa--?hlejgfi4TKahft-liri\if^
fumm-if m a y b e differed* hberifladds- o f M^6rfca‘J a'nft MThotc^ ,’ d t ’tfig
diftance s f .5 0 leagues.5 ^ ‘-The cirduirijacentf;f'egltM ’is!1 ^
fehiftus, with clay' and fand.- 1 As 'thev Pyretieek'^f^cHie'll^ '
the pebbles, ev'en to a remote drffahfc'e^^fe-o'f th eM to 'e ^ n a tu f e a h e f
hill feems" to have originated in 'Tome''Uh£KdOia^dfblef lhfanfieif ''ft6rir'
materials fwept dow n -By primeval waters-'fro?m » th e l 'Fy/feftfe- ftasl
th o fe near Oban in 'S c b tlan d /fro ’m th'ri:''grariitrc,dh%{ri<ihTlfat ‘^
th e only difference being that th e materials,! -Which i'cdinp'ofdwthe5
4 Dlllo^p. ,115, lays the n)Ountaias„d^^i8g the two Caftilles, qre^calletl. thtsfe-f^fttea^
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