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Volume 20 · 88 words · 1815 Edition

Sr, a sea-port town of Portugal, in the province of Estremadura, seated on a bay of the Atlantic ocean, 21 miles south of Lisbon. It stands on an eminence, with a very strong castle built on a rock. The soil around is fertile in corn, wine, and fruits; and it is furnished with good fish from the sea, and a small lake in the neighbourhood. Here great quantities of fine salt are made, which is carried to the American plantations.

E. Long. 8. 54. N. Lat. 38. 22.