Lisbon & Cintra; with some account of other cities and historical sites in Portugal . n atall woman, who treads the streets with a step light as air,her kerchief flying in the wind, her basket skilfully balancedon her piquant hat as she cries out with all the vigour ofher strong lungs: Vivinha da Costa! E dagora viva! Thefishing grounds of the Portuguese seems to be inexhaust-ible, and no waters are better supplied than those of theTagus and its neighbouring sea borders. More than ahundred different varieties of fish have been known to beon sale at times in the Market of the Ribeira Nova. Thes
Lisbon & Cintra; with some account of other cities and historical sites in Portugal . n atall woman, who treads the streets with a step light as air,her kerchief flying in the wind, her basket skilfully balancedon her piquant hat as she cries out with all the vigour ofher strong lungs: Vivinha da Costa! E dagora viva! Thefishing grounds of the Portuguese seems to be inexhaust-ible, and no waters are better supplied than those of theTagus and its neighbouring sea borders. More than ahundred different varieties of fish have been known to beon sale at times in the Market of the Ribeira Nova. Thesardine has been and is still so abundant in its season thatit has been named the manna of the country. The preserv-ing industry, though extensive, still appears to lack suchorganization as would convert it into a real source ofwealth to the nation. Just as the sight of Lisbon from the river never fails toarouse admiration, so the blue expanse of water stretchingacross to the southern shore, and widening into a vast laketo the north-eastofCacilhas, affords an enchanting picture, 84. Z)iew from the ^luay whether seen from an eminence or as a vista between steep,narrow streets which descend to the quays. As well as thehome and foreign warships that are always anchored, inmore or fewer numbers, in the port there is an extra-ordinary movement of passenger and cargo steamers of allflags and nationalities, but more especially those belongingto English, South American and African shipping lines:and there is the daily activity of the picturesque fishingcraft, big and small, many of them with the bird-likelateen sails of the felucca of the Mediterranean. At alltimes the gay aspect of the river itself seems to have im-pressed itself on the traveller. The letter of a Frenchman,written at the time of the war, says that the whole of theport from Belem to the other extremity of Lisbon wascovered with hundreds of boats and ships of all sizes; andyet, he declares with amazement, people are comp
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