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-Petremadu-" ha’ been worked onan eminence called Vadija, or-val- out of the road from Xeres de Jos Cavalleros ; and ano- Estremadu- 
_ ‘ra: Jey of Las Minas, about 24 leagues from Logrosen, on ther by the side of the Hermitage of St Bartolomé, near ra, 
_““"Y~" the road to Zolamea. Another occurs about a league ee town three leagues to the east of Merida. 
tie ARs ‘_ The five of these are cold, and the last is thermal. 
Mineralogy. yeous stone and Blood stones are found near It is very copious, and has baths, and was much fre- 
©Nabal Villar. nl amber ye emcee. quented in the time of the Romans, the ruins of a bason 
ich, when pounded, takes fire, gives a - and an oval edifice being still visible. 
north to - The Romans were attracted to this province by the Soil and 
fertility of its soil, and the mildness of its climate ; and #sticulture, 
i i it was converted into a en, by the industry of the 
rubbed between the hands, is found upon a very -Moors. Upon the ion of the Moors it was great- 
» and since that time it has continued 
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Villar. « Laborde says, that it is a mine of refractory ima state of nearly total inutility to Spain. The soil is 
iron. A mine of iron on a sandy stone, containing extremely rich; but it is almost completely reduced to 
very fine red ochre, is found between Alcocer and Or- the state of rank pasturage. In the district of Badajoz 
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alone, it is computed that there is a space of waste land 
26 leagues long, by 12 broad. Neither gardens, nor or- 
c i ; of chards, nor fruit, nor mulberry trees, nor hemp, occur 
cee ten nee gree Alcocer. This mine was im the whole province. Wheat and rye are almost the 
worked by the Moors, who erected a fortress onthe sole productions, and the quantity grown is nearly 
i i The iscom- sufficient for the support of a scanty po ion. Olive 
poset mixed with quartz. Near trees and vines are not numerous. Chesnut trees are 
-Alcocer; there also occurs a smooth emery, os more abundant, and afford nourishment to the inhabi- 
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incipal manufactories which existed be-> 
tion, were one of hats at Badajoz, esta- 
‘by. a Frenchman, two similar manufactories 
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kind in Estremadura, excepting two colleges, the inha-. 
bitants being in a state of extreme ignorance. 
«This province contains three bishoprics, Badajoz, Pla-. Political 
. sencia,and Coria ; three cathedral chapters in these three Subdivisiov, 
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_nardo Estevard, near Barcarrota, a small town iat Jeros, Llerena, Almatana, Zafra, Caceres, Albuquerque, . 
- seven and Olivenga, 
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