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feveral tributary flreams, and feparating Gallicia from Por- 
tugal, in acourfe of about 52 leagues, from north to 
fouth and then to the fouth-weft, “falls into the ocean near 
the port of paar the Sil, which pie he mo 
tains to the weft of and after a courfe of 33 ae 
falls into an Mn In a: as rovince they reckon 70 
The principal towns 
of Ge Thi fe, Co 
manderies of religious orders, 3,683 pan 
als, an univerfity, 5 colleges for a ins 
cities, 
ates Ae “eter eat 4,500 
tal of oie poptlation § is “eftign 
as fom 1,500,000, and record 
apital i in Compoftella 
bss) 
ct 
co 
pofed to winds and heavy | rains, wi ith fome eae peek. 
ountry produétive. Each farmer 
keeps flocks of fheep and goats in proportion to the extent of 
land which he poffeifes or cultivates ; ; and the Gallicians are 
ulture an their foil, and 
ulture. t they are not 
much addicted to the meshanical arts or ae commerce. On 
this account many of ne feek spoeaa ial in the neigh- 
bouring province, where they are employed in ape moft 
fervile and laborious epic ie & which they are de- 
f{pifed by the other Spaniards. There 
manufactories in Gallicia: fuch are nate of woollen ftuifs, 
coarfe cloths and hefiery at Lugo ; 
cloth at Ferrol and Corunna ; that of linen 
wever, upon the whole, Gallicia 
is, with Sales to- anufachares, the leaft induftrious tai of 
Spain. Its c ive, and its rivers 
merous, that ne is : plentatully Fipple with various ade of 
fith; fuch as the bezugos, or ho og -fifh, which is taken in the 
nionths.of ence and a Dec ember, and aps Aes frefh into 
red om Leon, apie lee oe fhad, trout, st aa 
eels, &c. exports of this province are not v 
confiderable : ai cattle produce, the fifh, and the cloth 
manufa@tures, are fen f the aaibegeee = 
ery; ti table.clot ‘8 oe and kni 
in sh it receives cocoa, ss fager, and other a: 
nial nt hee ons. 
alicia. was formerly i in great reputation - its mines 
ead, .and tin. 
There are alfo white marble and jafper aes (eee 
and oe os, and likewife marcafite,. vitriol, fulphu 
The fame mountains alfo furnifh-excellent timber for build- 
ing thi s. Gallicia abounds in- mineral waters of iat 
defcriptions. The woods, forefts, and narrow paffes of the 
mountains of Gallicia, were oy infefied with faa. 
- as © far r as the art w as then 
t fe an ho pcan cone 
t ftockings ;. and 
r, &c., 
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wolves, foxes, wild affes, and birds of prey without num- 
ber: but at ge they fupply roebucks, deer, hinds, 
flags, wild boars, anda great quantity of game. A fine breed 
of a = is preferved, good hogs, and a large quantity of 
poultr 
The pea who were ie ancient inhabitants of this 
uxury. 
capable o 
en, and 
In their ‘difpofition the are grave, 
arg and 
company. In other refpeéts they are faid to dif- 
ae dient: lves by their probity and courage. They 
furnifh a great number of foldiers for the army; and they 
feem to be naturally inclined to arms. Thole of Montforte 
are pai ia for this, as well as thofe of Lamos, which is 
watered by the little river Cabe, and the capital town of 
which | is fituated. upon a ft and a ountain. ‘The 
are were the firft po Be fore the defcent 
fions pn it has retained.of the ancient Rom 
—— A, New, a province of America, -in orn ae in of 
€XICO, ea alfo by the name of “ Xalifco.’? It is 
rather woody and mountainous: but the plains are very fer-- 
tile, and produce moft of the a ruits. Flere are 
a, 
Alphon fo the Wile, and of Portuguefe, with —— eae 
n language. 
alfo mines of filver. 
f Fair: 
he la terre Efe re files 3 Ww whic no grammar r could es ce out. 
nown, are ea mcnleied this 
1553 dd : 
book was erates i nd r' fled . e 
eorge Rhaw, the learned bookfeller and mulician of 
Wittemberg. his tract, which has for its title ** Libellus 
de Compofitione,’’ Fla twelve chapters, wholly appro 
priated to counterpoint. 
re was ae ama Vee oud a eee monk. 
Zell ; who, in 1520, a fhort tre 6 De vero: 
pfatlends modo,” to Shieh Gai topache aire his readers 
who are curious concerning the ecclefiaftical chants. This- 
a is in Anthony Wood’s Coll. in the A‘fhmol. .Mufeum, 
Oxford. 
eicceetoey Morsvs,., See 
3 VENEREA 
‘GALLIGASKINS, in our Old Writsrs, denote wide. 
hof 
the venereal difeafe, 
