- Batre- 
oy 
ENT 
~ ENTRE-Dovnro-s-Mrnuo, the name of one of the 
most 3 provinces of Pi , and so called frona 
; and 
ite mountains, the 
sand, and the val- 
As the inhabitants are extreme- 
ly industrious, the soil is well cultivated, and a system 
of irrigation is carried on to such an extent, that the 
numerous wells obtained by ing, give the 
every tree a vine, which over 
its summit, and the even of the hi 
est oaks. The fields are watered ifici 
which communicate an freshness to the air 
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houses, which are ill built, and have. but one story, 
.The are small and inconvenient, the wik, 
dows have in general no glass, and the floors are so bad 
Their only furniture 
; that one can see 3 
consists dk areeeh weenie ion oan A 
pass called Portela de Homem. The hi 
eee aia Ramee He: cape ge: Caldas, to- 
w ontalégre ; the highest peak, which is between 
3000 and 4000 feet high, is named O Murro de Burra. 
i the ula: 
flesh is much esteemed ; the skin 3d weld ab. cone 
snakes abound in this range ; 
Lacerta agilis of Linnewus, and 
the 
and the v of Covide, appear 
the remains of an old mountain fort, which the inha- 
ruins. . 
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