Extract from Joseph Banks' journal of a voyage to Newfoundlandand Labrador, 17 November 1766 (Series 94.01) - No. 0004

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Novem:r 1766.

Till 6, before we could get * product, which hindered our going up to the Town that Evening:  on the top of a Hill on our Larboard hand appears the Palace, which on account of the Earthquakes this Place is liable to, is only one Story [storey] high;  it makes a very singular appearance, being extended into an immensely long front, is not unlike Barracks in England.

I have now been here long enough, to make some Judgement of the Country about Lisbon;  it is composed of a number of small Hills, covered to the top with very good Soil, in which Corn & Vines grow in great abundance, but chiefly the former;  the Divisions are either Stone Walls, of Aloe Hedges, encompassing large spaces;  every here & there a row of Olive Trees is planted along the Fence, which are the only Trees

* Pratica.  Or Liberty of going ashore, after being inspected in the usual manner, by the Officers of Health.  Called by the Sailors Product.