ESTREMADURA, a province of Portugal, near the mouth of the Tagus or Tajo, bounded on the north by Beira, on the east and south by Alentejo, and on
the west by the Atlantic ocean. It is about 88 miles in length, and 45 in breadth. This province is divided into six comarcas, viz. Liria, Lisbon, Tomar, Santaren, and Alankuar, to the north of the Tagus; and that of Setubal, to the south of this river. These are likewise the principal towns. Estremadura is equal, if not preferable, to any other province in Spain or Portugal. The district of Santaren produces such plenty of corn, and feeds so many flocks of sheep, that it may enter into competition with Sicily. The fruits and the wines are all excellent; and it was here that the sweet oranges brought from China were first planted, and of which there are large quantities transported to foreign parts, with the wines and other fruits. The fields are covered with flowers almost all the year, from which the bees collect large quantities of fine honey. The olive-trees are numerous, from which they have excellent oil. The rivers abound with good fish, and the mountains have quarries of several kinds.