PORTO-Farina, a port about 12 miles from Cape Carthage, in the bay of Tunis, where formerly the large vessels belonging to the bey were fitted out, and laid up on their return from a cruise. This harbour is safe from the weather, and opens into a large lake, formed by the Mejerdah, which runs through into the sea.—The north-west wind, which blows right upon the shore, together with the soil brought down by the river, which has the same quality as the Nile of overflowing its banks, has formed a bar, so that only small vessels can now enter. It is still the arsenal where the naval stores are kept. E. Long. 10. N. Lat. 37. 12.

PORTO-Furraio, a handsome town of Italy in the isle of Elba, with a good citadel. It is very strong, and seated on a long, high, steep point of land, to the west of the bay of the same name, which has two forts. It belongs to the great duke of Tuscany, who always keeps a good garrison there. E. Long. 10. 37. N. Lat. 48. 55.

PORTO-Longone, a small but very strong town of Italy, and in the isle of Elba, with a good harbour, and a fortress upon a rock almost inaccessible. The king of Naples has a right to put a garrison therein, though the place belongs to the prince of Piombino. It is seated on the east end of the island, eight miles south-west of Piombino. E. Long. 10. 10. N. Lat. 42. 52.

PORTO-Santo, an island of the Atlantic ocean, on the coast of Africa, and the least of those called the Madeiras. It is about 15 miles in circumference; it produces some corn, as well as some oxen and wild hogs, with a vast number of rabbits. There are trees which produce the gum or resin called dragon's blood; and there is likewise a little honey and wax, which are extremely good. It has no harbour, but good mooring in the road. It belongs to the Portuguese, and is 300 miles west of the coast of Africa. W. Long. 16. 20. N. Lat. 32. 58.

PORTO-Seguro, a government of South America, on the eastern coast of Brazil; bounded on the north by the government of Rio-dos-Hilios, on the east by the North Sea, on the south by the government of Spiritu Santo, and on the west by the Tupics. It is a very fertile country, and the capital town is of the same name. It is built on the top of a rock, at the mouth of a river, on the coast of the North Sea, and is inhabited by Portuguese. W. Long. 38. 50. S. Lat. 17. 0.

PORTO-Vecchio, is a sea-port town of Corsica, in the Mediterranean Sea, seated on a bay on the eastern coast of the island. It is 12 miles from Bonifacio, and 40 north of Sardinia. E. Long. 9. 20. N. Lat. 41. 42.

PORTO-Venere, is a town of Italy, on the coast of Genoa, at the entrance of the gulf of Spetia. It is seated on the side of a hill, at the top of which there is a fort. It has a very good harbour, and is 45 miles south-east of Genoa. E. Long. 9. 38. N. Lat. 44. 5.or PORTRAITURE, in painting, the representation of a person, and especially of a face, done from the life. In this sense we use the term portrait-painting, in contradiction to history-painting, where a resemblance of persons is usually disregarded. Portraits, when as large as the life, are usually painted in oil-colours; sometimes they are painted in miniature with water-colours, crayons, pastels, &c. See PAINTING, p. 641.