Around the world in the yacht Sunbeam; our home on the ocean for eleven months . ng up in the bay of Sa-gres ; but we found that it was only a land breeze, and thatit was much smoother outside than we had expected. Friday, May \Zth. — Fresh breeze. We met manysteamers going down the coast with all sail set. Afterpassing Cape Espichel the wind increased to a northerlygale, against which it was impossible to proceed. Wetherefore put into Lisbon. The mountains at the mouthof the Tagus, the tower and church of Belem, and thenoble river itself looked even more beautiful in the sunsetthan my recolle
Around the world in the yacht Sunbeam; our home on the ocean for eleven months . ng up in the bay of Sa-gres ; but we found that it was only a land breeze, and thatit was much smoother outside than we had expected. Friday, May \Zth. — Fresh breeze. We met manysteamers going down the coast with all sail set. Afterpassing Cape Espichel the wind increased to a northerlygale, against which it was impossible to proceed. Wetherefore put into Lisbon. The mountains at the mouthof the Tagus, the tower and church of Belem, and thenoble river itself looked even more beautiful in the sunsetthan my recollection led me to expect. We soon landedand had an excellent dinner at the Hotel Braganza, where ROLLING MOTION SQUARE. 449 we had staid before, and where we were at once recog-nized and cordially received by the same landlord andlandlady we remembered in 1861. After dinner we went for a walk. One of the thingswe saw during our stroll was the fine statue of Luis deCamoens, specially interesting to us, as we had so recentlyseen the place where he passed many of the weary years. of his exile. Rolling Motion Square was as giddy as was a curious fancy to pave it in such a way as to makeit look like the waves of the sea, perpetually moving; andit must be a severe trial to the peripatetic powers of thosewho have not quite recovered their sea legs. Saturday^ May igth. — Wc were off early; it was alovely day, and we had a pleasant drive to Cintra. On29 4 50 BELEM. our arrival we mounted donkeys and went to Pena, thebeautiful palace of the ex-King Ferdinand, situated atthe top of the mountains. It is an extraordinary-lookingplace, the different parts being built in every imaginablestyle of architecture, with exquisite carving and old tiles,that would delight the heart of a connoisseur. One ofthe most prominent objects near the Palace of Pena is thestatue of Vasco de Gama, nobly placed on a pedestal ofnatural rocks, piled on the summit of a mountain peak,and worthy of the adven
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