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Mineral
Waters.
Natural
Curiofities.
white clay, has -been W to compete excellent porcelain. Pullets.
Tarth 3 S near Guimerans. | Portugal § S b o a f t s ,o f a n tp o p y , man-
S l l S and a rtem c ; M Caftello-Branco a r e .m in e s o f j
L i c S l v e r Rubies..have b e e * di&oyered in Algarve ; jacinth? ^ th e
rivers Cavado and Bellas ; b e ry l or aquamarine m th e
E ftte lla t; In flxortEortugal abounds w ith minerals o f m o ft defcnpttons,},
and- n o thing is w an tin g .b u t fuel and mduftry. ' } 4 4 . :
N o r fe th e re any d e f e a o f mineral waters o f vanous kinds. T h e
b a tfe o f Caldasda R a in h a , in Efeem ad u ra , are the m pft celebrated ap d
the n e x t are thofe of Chaves. Salt and petrifying fprings alfo appear ;
in d others to which th e ignorance o f the Portuguefe
d e rM r^ a h tie S , which are difmiffed from th e modern fcho,pi , ^ n a t u r a l
^ M a n y ^ f thefe have been ckffed among the naturabcuripfities o f .the
kingdom,' as well as fome o f th e lakes imd m o u n ta in s ^ O n 4 he n o rth -
b a n ! o f th e river Douro is a high m a% cliff, v n th engraved l e t ^ o r
hieroglyphics, ftalned w ith Vermillion and blue: ? beneatkpwhtehris ,a
SottO fuppofed to abound with b itum en , which proved fatal to th e
parifh prieft in his attempt to explore it m 1687. Some petrifying
f aves L will n o t now be admitted to the ran k o f natural curiofities.
Striking and lingular fcenes o f rock, water, and ever-green groves,
abound in this beautiful country.