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COMMERCE.
P O R T U G A L.
Portugal hams» faufages, ’ :&c.-i with gkfs. manufadtoed at Marîa&a,
Brafil returns gold, filter, pearls, precious, ftèneaef variousdeftrij^iohs,
rice, wheaf^maize^ fugar, mokffesyornamæntal timber, andmanyother
articles rather cmrio.ua than important. » ..'*33»«: drûgs, fjfeesy îmd’articles^
ufed in dying rauft not however be. omitted;!.- The. trade with the Eaft
Indies is iaçanfiderable and that with the other European nations
icarcely deferring notice : it is chiefly with Holland, Frajiee, Denmark,,
and Germany. Borne trade is alfo carried on with the American,
fiâtes,
CETAP. S N A T U R A L G E O G R A P H Y .
v - C H A P T -E R dV£,,, t
N 4 ^ t f% vA h G e o 'G?if l& p - 'h y . ‘ ■ ‘
fflimdfe and' Sedfons.— Face of the Country'.— Soil ah& Agriculture.*—Riverr.—
H ^ ‘ ‘Lakes ■— hLofmldiris. For'efu, ‘—iWoOttigy. —i Mik&alogy,. f^mêretl Waters.—*
4s ‘ Natural FlurióJhiesvF
T iH E climate o f Portugal is familiarly known to 'b e móft ’feècellefït f Cumatb
'hM'fainta-r-y. Iiifbon the dayS’ <p£ fa ir w eather , areocbmpIMed^ S9 HR|x^f
to am c ^ n ttr ^ k o o in the y e a r ; and-thofe o f fettled' rain fd d om exceed: „
go.H' T h e medial h e a t is generally1 about 6'êP4lüF
' The; fadé o f th e country-isjgeneraffly fertile;, thhugh with many ac- yjéWttfe"
fcHvrtiés; and in the N. E* dottier there' rifes 'a cöfifiderable 'cltifter o f , - ^ mT' ^
mountains, feeimngly tmeOasneéted wish' the g re a t * Pp am ïh chains.-
T h e numerous Vineyards, and gloves- ©f orange and le m onCtreds j * cbii“-
fp ire w ith the Cryftal'ftreams, an d ’ verdant Tales, to impart g re a t beauty
a n d diverfity to thlë favoured ‘ cobtitry. T o e ' foil;- likettbat o f Spaiq,yis. goiTarict' -
géhérairy l ig h t ; b u t th e agriculture in rather ia|rfc^lè'<iecTftate-: and Agriculture,
th e farmers have a fingulaff prejtidiüe th a t Ibil-s o f different* qualities are
e q u a l ly ’ adapted: tb j any vegetables,' T h e 'g round his* rather Scratched
Than ploughed," and is ‘Town immediately ; {h o r is *the operation o f thd
■harrow.much regarded. Meadows toe little kno-wn,.-except in the"
■N. W. province bfetween th e Dourp and the Minho ; and:m any fine
.vales remain in a ft ate o f nature. T h e ftreams" having generally a
confidetahle fall, arid the tains being violent though rare, th e crops are
fometim'es deftrbyed.by the force- of the torrents.
T h e rivers o f Portugal have been already enumerated in the deferip- -
't ïó tfü f Spain. T h e T a j o'- is h e r e a noble ftream, and its-eftuary' rteir
Liib o n affords a c apacioushaven, froih two to nine miles in breadth.
Among, the native ftreams may be named the Mond ego which paffes •
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