. Wanderings east of Suez in Ceylon, India, China and Japan. o move thevisitor to voice an opinion, it is that under certainconditions which you might name the place couldbe a veritable paradise, but that benevolent Portu-gal is there conducting an earthly Xirvana for alland sundry of Chinas affluent sons mustering theingenuity and influence to gain shelter beneaththe flag of dear old Portugal. Macaos claim to renown rests chiefly upon thefact that Portugals greatest bard, Camoens, therewrote in part or its entirety the immortal Lu-siad, which in epic form details the prowess ofthe sons of anc
. Wanderings east of Suez in Ceylon, India, China and Japan. o move thevisitor to voice an opinion, it is that under certainconditions which you might name the place couldbe a veritable paradise, but that benevolent Portu-gal is there conducting an earthly Xirvana for alland sundry of Chinas affluent sons mustering theingenuity and influence to gain shelter beneaththe flag of dear old Portugal. Macaos claim to renown rests chiefly upon thefact that Portugals greatest bard, Camoens, therewrote in part or its entirety the immortal Lu-siad, which in epic form details the prowess ofthe sons of ancient Lusitania in Eastern discoveryand oversea feats of daring, and in which workthe voyages and discoveries of Vasco da Gama arerecorded with the fidelity of a history preparedby a sympathetic admirer. As scholars know,the Lusiad was first published in 1572, is inten cantos and 1102 stanzas, and is translatedinto most modern languages. Important Amer-ican and English libraries jDOssess it by at leastfour translators, each being more or less astandard. 278. OK , MACAO Macao, Monte Carlo of the East The life of the great poet is underlaid with ro-mance and sadness. Born at Lisbon about 1524,he was given an education fitting him for a cour-tier s life, and it was an unfortunate affection fora high-born donna in attendance upon the queenthat caused him to be banished from the land ofhis birth. After a roystering career as a soldierin Africa, he sought shelter at Goa, in he wrote a volume severely castigating thehome government for its official abuses in theEast, and this led to his being treated by his coun-trymen as a traitor and outcast. Now in a Goaprison, now at liberty, he at last went to Macao,and it was there that by his pen he redeemed tosome extent his good name, to the extent cer-tainly of being permitted to return to Lisbon, andthere he died about 1580, poor and neglected. Itis insisted that Camoenss influence and effortspreserved the Portugue
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