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Also, the islands called Cic8e\ the famous city of Abo- 

 "brica^, the river Miiiius^, four miles vdde at its mouth, the 

 Leuui, the Seurbi'*, and Augusta*, a town of the Bracari, 

 above whom lies GalLTcia. AVe then come to the river 

 Limia^, and the river Durius^, one of the largest in Spain, 

 &nd which rises in the district of the Pelendoues^, passes 

 near Numantia, and through the Arevaci and the Yaccaei, 

 di^^ding the Yettones from Asturia, the Gralla?ci from Lusi- 

 tania, and separating the Turduli from the Bracari. The 

 ^whole of the region here mentioned from the Pyrenees is 

 full of mines of gold, silver, iron, and lead, both black and 

 white ^ 



CHAP. 35. (21.) — LTJSITANIA. 



After passing the Durius, Lusitania^° begins . AYe here have 

 the ancient Turduli'', the Ptesuri, tlie river Yaga'^, the town 

 of Talabrica, the town and river '^ of ^minium, the towns of 

 Conimbrica'^, Collippo'*, and Eburobritium'^ Apromontory''' 

 then advances into the sea in shape of a large horn ; by some 

 it has been called Artabrum'^, by others the Grreat Promou- 



^ The modem Islas do Scyas or of Bayona. 



" The town of Bayona, about six leagues from the mouth of the river 

 Minho. 3 The Minlio. 



* They occupied the tract of country lying between the rivers, and 

 known as Entre Douro y Mmho, ^ Now Braga on the Cavado. 



^ The Lima. ^ The river Douro. ^ See B. iii. c. 3. 



^ Both lead, properly so called, and tm. 



^0 In a great degree corresponding with modem Portugal, except that 

 the latter includes the tract of country between tlie Minho and Doiu*o. 



^1 To distinguish them from the nation of t\ie same name sprung 

 ii'om them, and occupying the Farther Sjiain. (B. iii. c. 3.) The Pa^smi 

 occupied the site of the present towns of Lamego and Arouca. 



12 The modem Tonga, wliich runs below the town of Aveiro, raised 

 from the ruins of ancient Talabrica. 



13 Agueda, which, according to ITardouin, is the name of both the 

 river and the town. i"* Coimbra, formerly Condtja la Yeja. 



1^ Leiria is supposed to occupy its site. 



1^ According to lIardoui:i, the modem Ebora dc Alcobaza, ten leagues 

 from Leiria. 



17 The modem Cabo de la Koea, seven leagues from Lisbon. 



18 Phny, in C. 31-, places the Arrotrebsr, belonging to the Con- 

 ventus of IjUcus Angusti, about the Promontorium Coltieum, whicli, if not 

 the same as the Nerium (or Cape Finisterre) of the otliers, is evitlenlly 

 in its immediate neighbourhood j but he confuses the whole matter by 



