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part mountainous, the highest point in the Serra da Estrella, which extends from north-east to south-west through the centre of the province, being 6532 ft. The northern and south-eastern frontiers are respectively marked by the two See also:

GREAT

great See also:

rivers Douro and See also:

TAGUS (Span. Tajo, Portug. Tejo)

Tagus, which rise in See also:

Spain and flow to the Atlantic. The Agueda and C6a, tributaries of the Douro, drain the eastern plateaus of Beira; the Vouga rises in the Serra da Lapa, and forms the lagoon of AveirQ at its mouth; the Mondego springs from the Serra da Estrella, passes through Coimbra, and enters the See also:

sea at Figueira da Foz; and the Zezere, a tributary of the Tagus, rises north-north-east of See also:

COVILHA

Covilha and flows south-west and south. Beira has a warm and equable See also:

CLIMATE

climate, except in the mountains, where the snowfall is often heavy. The See also:

SOIL

soil, except in the valleys, is dry and rocky, and large stretches are covered with heath. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal agricultural products are See also:

MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize, See also:

wheat, See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden vegetables and See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit.

The See also:

OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive is largely cultivated, the oil forming one of the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief articles of export; See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine is also produced. In the flat See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country between Coimbra and Aveiro the marshy See also:

LAND

land is laid out in See also:

rice-See also:

FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields or in pastures for herds of See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and horses. See also:

Sheep farming is an important See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry in the See also:

HIGHLANDS, THE

highlands of Upper Beira; while near See also:

LAMEGO

Lamego See also:

SWINE

swine are reared in considerable See also:

numbers, and furnish the well-known See also:

LISBON (Lisboa)

Lisbon hams. See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron, See also:

lead, See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper, See also:

COAL

coal and See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble are worked to a small extent, and millstones are quarried in some places. See also:

Salt is obtained in considerable quantities from the lagoons along the coast. There are few manufactures except the See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production of woollen See also:

CLOTH

cloth, which occupies a large part of the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in the See also:

DISTRICT

district of Castello Branco. Three important lines of railway, the See also:

Salamanca-See also:

OPORTO (i.e. o Porto, " the port ")

Oporto, Salamanca-Lisbon and Lisbon-Oporto, See also:

TRAVERSE

traverse parts of Beira; the two last named are also connected by the Guarda-Figueira da Foz railway, which has a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch line going northwards to Vizeu. The chief towns, Aveiro (pop. 19oo, 9979), Castello Branco (7288), Coimbra (18,144), Covilha (15,469), Figueira da Foz (6221), Guarda (6124), See also:

ILHAVO

Ilhavo (12,617), Lamego (9471), Murtosa (9737), Ovar (10,462) and Vizeu (8057), with the frontier fortress of See also:

Almeida (2330), are described in See also:

SEPARATE

separate articles. There is a striking difference of See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character between the inhabitants of the highlands, who are See also:

GRAVE

grave and reserved, See also:

hardy and industrious, and those of the lowlands, who are more sociable and courteous, but less energetic. The See also:

HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir-apparent to the See also:

THRONE

throne of Portugal has the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

prince of Beira.

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