1880 Facts about Port and Madeira by Henry Vizetelly

Tlie Betum Journey—Begoa—Baixo Cargo.

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Msed to drink. The produce of these quintas, although in most instances small,is usually unexceptionable as regards quality. Amongthose visited maybe mentioned the Quintado Terrao,im- •diately facing the entrance to the Corgo valley,but on the oppo site bank of the Douro; the Quinta do Valle da Lage, in a southerly direction,afew miles on the road to Valdigem,with its slopes stretching down to the little Rio Baroza; also the Quinta ^o Mourao, still on the left bank of the Douro and on the road to Lamego,together with the quintas of Quintiao, Moinho de Vento,and Bellas, all three in the same direction, and the two former lying close together. We drove to them along the wild and picturesque valley of the Baroza, with grey masses of rock towering above the luxuriant autumn foliage,and whence a view ofthe ancient Moorish Castello da Reposa, perched on a distant peak, was obtained. On the road we passed a troop of young ■girls, and some pitiable-looking old crones, verging on to seventy, bending under the heavy burthen of five-and-twenty huge earthenware jars packed in coarse sacking, which, although they

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