of them, beyond a few leagues from their own homes, although they constantly profess to know everything, when in a short time the annoyed traveller hears them inquire of all they meet the best way to a given place.

The money of the country is calculated in reis, and taking the mil rei, or 1000 reis, to be equal to 4s. 6d., the value of the current coin will be nearly as follows:

= 1 2 6

The small gold piece, or. 5000 do.

The gold piece, or . . 8000 do. = 1 16 0

The English sovereign circulates in Portugal for 4500 reis.

The copper coins in general circulation are the following:

The best Map of Portugal, on a small scale, is

that published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

The leagues in Portugal are ordinarily 3 English miles; but any distance which is short of two leagues is sometimes called a league.

Places and things more or less deserving notice in Oporto :

The New Exchange.

The British Factory-house.

The Public Library.

The Bishop's Palace.

The Museum of the Camara.

The Lapa Church, in which is deposited the heart of Don Pedro, and the burying-ground near it.

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The Cedo-feita Church, a small collegiate edifice, founded by the Goths in the year 559.

The Church of St. Francisco.

A window and door-way in a building below the Alfandega.

The Palace, in the Rua dos Quarteis.

The Cathedral, and an altar in it of wrought silver, which escaped the hands of the French.

The public hospital.

The English burying-ground, and the Chapel, remarkable for the simple elegance of its interior. The view from the tower of the Clerigo's church.

The view from the slight elevation of the ground formerly belonging to the Congregados, at the extreme north of the city, near Agoa-ardente; this view embraces the country on each side of the river, and from this elevation all the positions can be discovered of the besieging army of Oporto in 1832 and 1833.

The view from the telegraph, near the Lapa Church, is interesting.

The four quintas, in Entre Quintas, deserve notice for their beautiful position, and also for their trees; in one of them (the "Quinta do Meio") there is the fine Magnolia grandiflora already named, the trunk of which, at 3 feet from the ground, is