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Cities mso N. W. ‘by a ‘XhhhaVbïï y^ÖpHèfetis’' and ïsxêeilitft,
Tow^ï. This bdjfiïak 4fa#ii%giifiè'd;ff©tn:' fhê f$le$§ ’tSé^WSfÉ Mp^®^F^#ATï
ready' iöëntaónfed. *'Thé^opuli^ón is e%htputed at’ abodt:'iSêvêfeo'iff,:I lil
N e a r t h q u a k e a'dreadfuk aö#J ö|iflïOi-afele epö'èh amö^tbê ln -
habitants, has contributed to the improvement of the' city, the new
ftreets being broad -and well paved^ refembling thofe irr .trKe wriffend
■ ' of London.“ For conftant refidene&!the ladles.prefer the'altic floors;
and ventilation and coolnhfs are chiefly ^öflwtèdy' gratêri bdng almbff
unknown ; while in' winter ■ a warm cloak fupplies’ ithe placé o fa !lire^5
There is. no court end of thé town j arid the fineft ftreCts are5 inhabited
by tradefmen, ? There are public walks, twa.theatres, and.a-circus for
the bull feafts. The patriarchal church is Angularly magnificent; and
the revenue; is compiled at 114,0001.' The Englifh Hkve 'an 1 open
burial ground, in which are' depofited the remains 'of the .celebrated
Henry Fielding* “an author unrivalled1 "in" .the' jü f t delihëa'tïöri' br Éfè.
The royal monaftery of Belem, founded by Xing Ematnufel in 1499*
ftands about five miles S. "W. of Lifbonj and to- the 1ST. ‘flsv Woble
* modem aquedudi completed in 1732.* LThè confumption of butchers’
meat at Lifbon in 1789 was* 27,985 oxen, 1 79cabres," 62 fhe,ep,
.11,92 7 hogs.
Oporto. The next confiderable town, efpecially i f f the eye ;ö f!ftraó'gbr9,Jis' that
’ of Oporto, feated on the N. fide of the rivêr D oürórf abbutf' fiVe riffles
from the fea, upon the declivity of a hill, th a t th e hdiifës 1fiel like"’an
amphitheatre. The ftreets are however narrow, arid- th é hl^ülhs
ftru&ed. The churches are of little note : th e BritiflxTafctdf y is a large
and neat building. The chief exports are wine, oranges, lemons, &e.,
and linen cloth to the American colonies in Brafil. . j
Braga. Braga is another confiderable town in the ffaihe -province: ancbinthe
fecond northern divifidn are the. towns of Miranda and Bragariza,
the laft of which conferréd the ducal title bn the prefent reigriing
family.
In the province of Beira is the venerable city of'Coimbra, with ,its
ancient univerfity. Alentejo contains the city of Ivora, rather of an-
3 Murphy’* Travel* in Portugal, 148, -
cient
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town
o f Algarve,;,dbe.sj a n t 'ei;fieedi|:QSb^iiobf :p f e a 4si u ;
T h e chief edifices o f Lifbon are the cathedral, and monafteries, formerly
mentioned. .The»nobility,utas‘ in Spain!, erowd to th e capital,
whenge- th e ;CQUntry^aS,|dttle:decc)ia:ted( withiyillfa's;» In the ‘ mountains
o£(Qin|ras t h |V'£u,rthefl;swefteisn .estrremMy o f Europe," ah out > 2 6 miles W.
ofiLybQnj pis - ’ reijiaritahlell jtvonaftery,' ajpoo^feet, as is.faid;
%Utoi1y?rds^whic|ii there .are rahwainso.Qtiancient'buildirigs,
«and a eriridus^’ath, r ^ e p p e M ^ , n c ^T a iJ ip g lfp n rig . Qn the ,E. o f
th e mountain is a l^ fu pm e rjp p a c e o f .Ipprefaue arcaite£rare.U T h e env
iro n s a re 'rich and d 4 ^ t | u l , fupplying mqff, fru its'a n d greens
ufed at L ifbon. .Here is.aLfp^aLipall^ym^yarcl, th a f o f Cafcavej 1 a, yield-
i n g a pecujiar'gra^e, which gives’ n a ^ e ^ f® p o n rg ^ llaayel;la, ayririe gener
a lly fabricated in Londotuf A>
' 4 Portugal feerijf to have paid np,att|pvt.ipn whatever to the conftrudtion
o f canals.; n o r'p e rh a p s are, th ey fo ^ n d - indifpenfable in. a /r'& m itiy
abounding w ith fiv e rs^ and bordered with’ afi ample, extent qf fea
coaft, w
T h e Portuguefe, m anufactures are ,_fe(vy sn d u n iiP p o rtan ^ hats and
paper have been lately fab ric a ted aRXi%>n»j, IjutjthV chief .man u&Ci
tqfies are.:thQfe,pf woollen, c lo th at GovilhamKpg)||^legr,;e, apd_Azeitaon.
A confiderable cqlpinercial intetcqurfe fubfiftsi y i th England ; but
the balance in favour of the latter appears trf lie ab o u t'400,000}. fter-
^ g g : and Ireland W in s b y Rer exports hbout 63,0001. annually./ T h e
Fa ltn o y th packets b rin g frequent remittances .of bullion,.«.coin,, diamonds,
and other precioug u o n e s ; tan d fo r a.confideijahfe time'fbhe Por-
tugifefg gqld money,was current in i;Englan(h.:i ’BtlSiles ;Wopllrins' and»
hardware, England tranfinlts fo* Roriugajbilarge,yargoes*of Talted a n d '
dried nfh, thb laft article $0 thh annual amount o f about '2,o.q,GfooIv, T h e
exports o f Portugal are chiefly w in e , d.1, 'oranges, ilqfndns,' figs, Tpgal^
Cotton, cork, drugs,' a'nd tobacco; Portugal a lfo u n a in '^ iM ^ iqqhfider-
nblri. trade with her flourifhing colony" in Brafil, the inhahi,t%{& o f
which are computed at gqq^Q©b.v T h e articles v®sported' to America
are chiefly.woollens, liriens, .fluffs, ,gold ,and;:hfyd&l#ce, fifh; dried in
; 4 Murphy’s Travels in Portugal, 241, &c. - * AJfifphy’s State, 62.
Portugal,
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