1880 Facts about Port and Madeira by Henry Vizetelly

Some Pinhao Quintas—An-Ujyjper Pouro Yillage. 69

crasliiiig the purple grapes with an earnestness that suggested considerable delight in their occupation. They all wore short jackets and shorter linen pantaloons,but there was great variety in their headgear, some having slouched hats shading their scarcely lovely faces, while others wore straw hats cocked jauntily on one side,or caps with or without peaks;the remainder having the conventional gaudy kerchief tied over their heads. Seated

lOVEIiT WOMAN IN TIIE lAGAK. on the parapet of the lagar a solitary musician fiddled away monotonously, while one or two damsels, gifted m high- pitched if not particularly melodious voices, struck up the well-known song of "Marianinha," interdicted, as we have already mentioned, by the Oporto authorities on account of its impropriety. Jokes were cracked, shouts of laughter followed, and much spirited conversation went on between the occupants of the two lagares. Altogether there was no dearth of animation.