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Population in 1801 ay ay, 0 he prepa B4O00 — fy me | : | 3 
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oung’ i ‘Essex ; Movant's History limestoneis close é 
ee elie y basalt hegisn‘atsAlve toanbisant featinendiiniands then “a 
vol. vy. (w. 8-) prrcede Sena a “aN 
ELA, is a manufacturing town of Spain, in the of the basalt mountains stretches Lisbon 
isa 
ptovince of Navarre. It is watered by the rivers 
seb mee tipeneta tgs oan cinsted inn Hie, 
and contains several chi ie pn oe 
a universi seins , which was fou 
in 1565. Diets goods are, manufactured in 
the town, and it contains some distilleries of brandy. 
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THONIA. See Reve. 
_ ESTRELLA Senaa pe, the Mons Herminius of the 
ancients, is the most; extensive and highest range of 
mountains in It is _a branch of the high 
range that divides Old and New Castile, and stretches, 
like most of the other mountain ranges in the penin- 
sula, from north-east to south-west. .It rises a 
mountain plain of a considerable height, and_is cover- 
ed with snow during more than four months of the 
year. Link has estimated its elevation at 5000 or 6000 
: “apap, A ge of the » 
sou or hi range is called 
Serra Brava, or the wild ates from ae steep 
and rocky character; and the northern, or lower part 
of the range, is called Serra Mansa, or the gentle moun- 
tains. The whole of these mountains consist of granite. 
‘The highest summit is called Malhao de Serra, and isa 
lage. Pes genes srebannietacss Segue eor ean tate 
does not at all observe the rough rocky . 
spectator 
sides that surround the mountain every where but to 
the north-east. There are two lakes in these moun- 
tains. One called the 
It is surrounded with high rocks, 
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an is remark ayer yen of its water. 
The princi eis or. ides, 
te ectupies she middle of avelley ofemederable ength, 
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Its breadth is unequal, and, from its marshy banks, it 
is less beautiful than the other two. 
Many and small rivers take their. rise in this 
range; particularly the Mondego, the Vouga, and the 
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ESTREWADURA, Extrema Durii, is a province 
of Portugal, which is bounded by Beira on the north, 
by Alentejo and Beira on the south, and by the sea. 
on the west.. Itextends about 140 miles from north 
totouth, and about 70 in breadth, and contains 5440 
square miles. It.is cutin the direction of east and west 
by the Tagus, which throws itself into the sea at Lis- 
bon. This forms a long and narrow stripe of 
land, along the sea shore from the embou- 
chure of the Mondego to below, the town of Setuval. 
On account of its proximity to the Atlantic, the climate 
is remarkably mild, and is very salutary end pleasant 
to these who are accustomed to it. During the period 
between the end of July and the beginning of Septem- 
ber, every thing is parched. Not a blade-of grass-is'to 
be seen, and the evergreens are shrivelled up. The heat 
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The mildness of the climate i poculisnly’ favourable igo: 
to agriculture, il is ive or z ture. 
are ¢ 
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heaped up rocks, affording a wild anda dreary 
pect. The north side of toe angio Soeeuneninae 
covered with cow houses, and ing quintas, 
forming a shady wood of the finest trees, as oaks, 
i trees, &c,.. From the .top,;) there «is a fit 
‘of the well cultivated valley of Colanos, © 
oa we a 
by the sie arc ang A of Estremadura, Beira, 
Entre-Trajo-et-Guadi ie tem, rime 
an north to south, and 45: from east to west,: 
This province is intersected. by ranges of hills, the Mincralo- 
mineralogy of which has, not yet been carefully exa-¢y- — 
mined, . A mine of in a blue and green mixed, 
stone, occurs in _to the south: : 
_ of the village of Logrosen, There isa lead mine, which 
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