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2. Portugal is bounded on ye. N. by Gallicia; on ye. E. by deletion Leon /deletion Leon, Estremadura & Andalusia; on ye. S. & W. by ye. Atlantick Ocean.
It extends from ye. 37.th to ye. 42d Deg of N Lat. & from y.e 7th. to W. 10.th Deg. of Long.
As Portugal lies along ye. Atlantick Ocean, it is daily refresh'd with breezes from yt. Sea, which makes ye. great heats of Summer more tollerable than in Spain. ye. Rivers are ee ye. Minho, 2. ye. Douro, 3. ye. Tagus, & 4. ye. deletion Portugal /deletion addition X Guadiana /addition ^ ^ addition underline thts Im. /addition /underline is very mountainous, & barren, tho' towards deletion their /deletion ^ addition y.e /addition valleys, deletion they have /deletion addition there are /addition good vineyards; deletion they have /deletion addition there are /addition also plenty of Olives, but deletion their /deletion addition ye. /addition oil is not so good as ye. Spanish; deletion their /deletion sweet Oranges are as good ^ deletion as /deletion addition there as in /addition any deletion in /deletion part of Europe, but their Sour one's are not comparable with those af Seville; deletion they have unclear /deletion Silk worms x. addition are very nume underline rous ther /underline e. /addition they deletion unclear /deletion ^ addition it underline has /underline /addition not Corn enough for deletion their unclear /deletion addition its Inhabitants. /addition ; & when deletion they are /deletion not furnish'd with it by Spain, ye. English & Dutch import great-quantities addition underline of it /addition /underline ; ye. peasants deletion live on unclear /deletion addition love one . 3 bian Corn, /addition which is a course food.
Pasture Land is not good in Portgual, consequently ye. meat is lean & hard; yet bad as it is there is deletion unclear /deletion so little of it yt. ye. poor deletion he could /deletion addition seldom /addition taste addition it /addition deletion but litle flesh /deletion . the Beef & Mutton deletion bough unclear of unclear /deletion addition not being unclear good /addition , they chiefly deletion bribe unclear /deletion
They have great quantitites of almonds; Raisins & figs;
but those in ye. Southern parts of Spain, are bellen made deletion They unclear great quantities of /deletion addition mayh /addition ea Salt deletion which /deletion addition is deletion payet /deletion /addition they traffic with ^ addition it. /addition in ye. North, & in America.
