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the .'. c10thing of the soilvaiPies· wïth its substance, the resinoRs wee&hiking the ptace of the oak. Indeed, sostrong is the exhalation of tunpentinethrough thesewoods, undertbe power of the sun, as to/becomèoppressive to the breast. This traetbearsevidenHyaJluvial Inarks.Llsno;N•.,-On a re\'iew of the foregoirig route, the f:ollowingquer:ymust strike the mind:-,Why should Portugal be so much more im,..proved in the comfi::,rts of life, as she unquestionably ls, than her immédiateneighboUl'? How eau that neighbour, so close, be ignorant orinditferent to these comforts and improvements,wbieh she must Ol~may see every day in the year? T",ascertâin the cause of this etfect,or rather say the cause of tbis defect, requires a deeper view into theinternaI 'l'egime ofthe country we are now in, than can be attained byposting from frontier to frontier ~ and unfortunately re:Becti:ou and corn!'"municatiofl donot appear to be much of the tonde la vO'lme soci~tihere at Lisbon. But the superiority here spoken.of is not remoteorlanciful. Throughout Portugal, at the hOUT of mid-day,a:nexcellentdish, the caldo,-meat, vegetabfes,and rice stewed· t0:gether,"";"""'make'sits appearance. Varions products.of the~oi:l, not to b.,had ..f·brmoneyin Spain, are in p:Foftlsion nere. rrbeir haiHls curedê in, the mountainsare excellent; and the whole menage has sufliciencyof comfortand·neatness. AH, too, is adapted to the climate. Fo.r one of the circumstancesthat must 6TSt strike the eye of the stranger, cost'ume, the lilte'preference cannot be asserted. The dress of botli sexes here is strangelyproportion \Vith investigation and reflection. V\Jnere are such contrasts of tabular and oblique strata?:",here such mighty, such regular gradations from summit to sea~level? Let the Pening{IÎa he vie~din trns direction, and what a powerful interest it then possesses!. To what extensive speculationsdo the calcareous masses, fragments, and strata,. lead the mind!. lt would be by, no means dÙficultto connect a rational theory of waters with that of mountains, and tbis count,! woulcl afrord theehlciclation. Man has mucb bUlliness tet on bis, hAnds near home.