a province of Spain, has New Castile on the east, Leon on the north, Andalusia on the south, and Portugal on the west. It is 175 miles in length, and 100 in breadth; and its principal towns are, Calatrava; Menda; and Badajoz, on the river Guadiana; Alcantara, on the Tajo; and Cona and Placentia, to the north of this river.

This province enjoys a very pure and healthful air, and its mountains are full of wild and tame animals; they having woods and forests for the one fort, and pastures for the other. The fields are planted with fruit-trees, which bear all kinds of delicious fruit. The vineyards produce excellent wines of all colours, and the fields yield plenty of corn.

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 five comarcas, viz. Litria, Lisbon, Tomar, Santaren, and Alanquar, to the north of the Tagus; and that of Setubal, to the south of this river. These are likewise the principal towns. Extremadura 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.