Grant's tour around the world; with incidents of his journey through England, Ireland, Scotland .. . umph of exquisite gardening. On theother side the descent is almost precipitous. You lookfrom the giddy height at the trees and the tumbled massesof rock, tossed and heaped in some volcanic age. You seethe landscape rise and swell in undulating beauty, and thelengthening shadows rippling over it. Far off are thelines of Torres Vedras, built by Wellingtons armies todefend Lisbon from the French. Beyond is the sea,gleaming like amber and pearl. It was over that sea thatVasco de Gama sailed, and f
Grant's tour around the world; with incidents of his journey through England, Ireland, Scotland .. . umph of exquisite gardening. On theother side the descent is almost precipitous. You lookfrom the giddy height at the trees and the tumbled massesof rock, tossed and heaped in some volcanic age. You seethe landscape rise and swell in undulating beauty, and thelengthening shadows rippling over it. Far off are thelines of Torres Vedras, built by Wellingtons armies todefend Lisbon from the French. Beyond is the sea,gleaming like amber and pearl. It was over that sea thatVasco de Gama sailed, and from this lofty summit King-Manuel watched his coming, and in time saw him come, 520 GRANTS TOUR bringing tribute and empire from the Indies. You can see,if you look carefully, the outlines of Mafra palace, built torival the Escurial. You see the Tagus spreading out tothe sea, forcing its way through forests and hills and val-leys until it falls into the oceans arms. Lisbon lies underthe Monsanto hills, but the view sweeps far beyond Lisbonuntil it is lost in the ocean. There was a fascination in. THE VICINITY OF CINTRA, AS SEEN FROM A LOFTY TOWER. this view that made us loth to leave it, and for a long timewe lingered, watching every tint and shadow of the pictureunder the changing sunlight. It is indeed the gloriousEden of Byrons verse. There was a long ride through the gardens and thewoods on our donkeys until we came to Montserrat. Itwas here that Beckford, author of Yathek, whom Byron AROUND THE WORLD. 521 calls Englands wealthiest son, built a cliateaii. Theview is almost as beautiful as that from the towers of DonFernandos palace. Beckfords house came into the pos-session of a wealthy English merchant named Cook, butupon whom the King has lately conferred the title of Vis-count of Montserrat. Mr. Cook has spent a vast sum ofmoney upon the house and grounds. The house is in theOriental style — a long parallelogram in the centre, withtwo oval wings, and all surrounded wit
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