( 20°) 
pally to the great manorial grants and unequal divi- 
ston of the soil, which followed the conquest. ‘We 
ofter find six, eight, ten, and even fifteen leagues of 
extent belonging to one master. ‘The nobility and 
clergy possess nearly the whole country. One third 
of Spain belongs to the families of Medina, Celi, 
D’ Alba, De l’Infatado, D’Aceda, and to the arch- 
bishops, bishops and chapters of Toledo, Compos- 
tella, Valentia, Seville and Murcia. A great pro- - 
portion of these lands remain untilled and untenant- 
ed, and those which are Jet in Cortijo or farms are 
double or treble the quantity that can be occupied in 
tillage.” 1) 
VI. The agriculture of Portugal has been subject- 
ed to the same evils as that of Spain, to which may 
be superadded, her connexion with Great Britain ; 
under whose policy she has become | a raiser of fruit, 
instead of grain. 
Vil. Rraect' is probably the country of Europe, 
which most unites the great desiderata of an extend- 
ed and profitable agriculture, fertility of soil, mild- 
ness of climate, a dense population, an enlightened 
government, and facility of exportation. - Within her 
ancient limits, she boasts a surface of more than one 
hundred and fifteen millions of arpens, and a popula- 
tion of twenty-two millions of inhabitants, The fol- 
lowing tables will show, in a compressed form, the 
nature of her soil and the uses to which it is put :(2) 
a ° 
(1) Le Borde’s Iteneraire D’Espage, vol. i. 
(2) See Geographique, &c. vol. vi. Art. France, p. 13. and Young’s tour through 
France. 
