CONTENTS 



CHAPTEE I. 



INTRODUCTORT. pack 



The voyage to Lisbon — The Brazil mail packet Shannon — The Bay of 

 Biscay — Easter Sunday on board — Delightful change of weather — 

 Recollections of former exploits in those waters . . . . 1 - 1 1, 



CHAPTER II. 



LISBON {general view). 



First impressions generally indelible— Landing— The Custom-house 

 — Curiosity of officials — The Gallegos as porters and water-carriers 

 — Carts of Lisbon— Street cries — Cleanness of the city — Largos and 

 public gardens — Warmth — Gentle emeute 12 - i:- • 



CHAPTER ni. 



LISBON {continued). 



Results of the great earthquake — Castello di San Jorge — The cathe- 

 dral — Portuguese churches — Tenets of the Portuguese church — 

 Church and monastery of Belem — Cloisters and casa pia, or orphan- 

 age — Tower of Belem — Palace of the Ajuda — The aqueduct — En- 

 glish church and cemetery — Gardens of the Estrella ... 23 



CHAPTER IV. 



LISBON {continued). 



The opening of the Cortes — Character of the Portuguese — Portu- 

 guese bull-fights — The markets at Lisbon — Fishes — Molluscs — 

 Game — Birds — Fruit — Vegetables — Gardens and quintas round 

 Lisbon — Trees, shrubs, and climbing plants . . . .35 



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