Nobrega, might be ascended, as it affords a fine view of the Outeiro and other mountains all around it.

Half a league from Monção, on the road to Braga, is the extraordinary palace of Berjoeira, which took twenty-eight years to construct, and which astonishes many persons by its magnitude and by its singular locality; the expense of its construction has been estimated at not less than £80,000. Its proprietor, Simão Pereira Velho do Moscoso, with great politeness, permits travellers to explore its many objects of attraction.

From Valladares, or from Melgaço, the traveller can go to N. S. de Penede, and thence to the

Outeiro-Maior; the scenery will highly gratify him. At N. S. de Penede the accommodation of four walls is afforded in the buildings erected for the convenience of those who resort thither to pay their Vows to the saint. There is also a Venda there. From N. S. de Penede to Arcos, including the ascent to the Outeiro-Maior, is a day's journey.

The ride to Valença is over a country abounding in everything that can gratify the lover of beautiful and grand scenery, and ought to be explored and re-explored; in fact, there is scarcely any part of the Entre Minho which does not present objects of deepest interest; rarely indeed, if anywhere, is there such a combination of the fertile, the

beautiful, and the sublime, as these districts present, if the mountains appear in their "clouded majesty." Lord Carnarvon says, "The exquisite scenery between Tuy and Ponte do Lima baffles all description; I thought, when wandering along the banks of the Lima, I had never gazed upon a lovelier scene, as I saw the sun set gloriously behind a range of bold mountains, then robed in the deepest purple. From Ponte do Lima I rode on to Braga, through a continuation of the same enjoyable country." On another occasion he thus dilates, "I rode among hills covered with cork and olive, over knolls partly bare and partly clothed, with picturesque groups of chestnut, emulating the richest park scenery."

Ponte do Lima, a small town, deriving its name from its remarkable bridge, is inclosed by walls, and was the Forum Limicorum of the Romans; its ancient castle, its walls, and bridge are objects of considerable interest. The ride over the Labruja Mountain to Valença is most striking.

No. 5.

FROM BRAGA TO BOM JESUS, GUIMARÃENS, AND AMARANTE; OR BY CALDAS DE VIZELLA AND

PENAFIEL TO AMARANTE.

At Bom Jesus one entire day should assuredly be spent; it is so beautiful and so remarkable, as to receive a visit from every Portuguese, if it ever be in his power, once in his life, to reach it, be his dwelling never so far distant from Braga. In its character it more or less resembles all places to which devotees resort to pay or fulfil some vow or other made to the Senhor, if the parties making it be rescued from the anticipated evil, or from the actual.effects of disease then felt. Its church commands a splendid view, as does its highest chapel, when the distant Gerez is clothed in "deepest purple." The chapels, on either side of the steps leading to the church, are adorned with figures as large as life, representing the birth, deeds, and

sufferings of our blessed Lord. For the convenience of pilgrims, who assemble at Whitsunside at this renowned spot, buildings of an extensive character are erected, out of the funds offered to the Senhor by the visitors, high and low, one part of the buildings being in the hands of an innkeeper, so that the traveller may always find accommodation at this place, either in winter or in summer.

The distance from Bom Jesus (over the mountain) to Guimaraens is about three leagues; and the inn should be left at such a time in the morning, as that, within half an hour of his departure, the traveller may expect the clouds hanging upon the mountains to be raised, and his view will then be enchanting indeed, as many can testify who, from the Falperra, have witnessed the loveliest tints impressed upon the valleys, on either side, by the rays of the sun gradually falling upon them through the retiring clouds. The Falperra is soon gained from Bom Jesus, and commands a fine view

The village of Taipas

to the east, west, and north. (in the road to Guimarãens) has baths, which are most beneficial in cutaneous diseases and the gout.

At Citana, a quarter of a league from Taipas, there are some remains of a Moorish town.

Guimarãens is a very ancient town, finely situ