Produced by Chris Curnow, Mhairi Hindle and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber’s Note All illustrations have been placed near to the text to which they refer. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected, however variant spellings and variable hyphenation have been retained. Hyphens have also been added to the music to reflect where syllable breaks occur. [Illustration: GOSSIP AT THE FOUNTAIN.] PEEPS AT MANY LANDS PORTUGAL BY AGNES M. GOODALL WITH TWELVE FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY THE AUTHOR LONDON ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK 1909 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. GROWTH OF THE KINGDOM 1 II. DECLINE OF THE KINGDOM 7 III. LISBON AND A GREAT EXPLORER 12 IV. MORE ABOUT LISBON 17 V. PORTUGUESE CHILDREN 23 VI. COUNTRY DANCES, SONGS, AND LEGENDS 28 VII. COUNTRY WAYS AND COUNTRY FOLK 33 VIII. COUNTRY WAYS AND COUNTRY FOLK (_continued_) 38 IX. CINTRA 44 X. OBIDOS, LEIRIA, AND THOMAR 48 XI. THE PEASANTRY 52 XII. PILGRIMAGES 57 XIII. FARMS AND VINEYARDS 63 XIV. OPORTO 68 XV. COIMBRA AND THREE OLD MONASTERIES 74 XVI. BULL-FIGHTING 81 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS BY AGNES M. GOODALL A GOSSIP AT THE FOUNTAIN _frontispiece_ FACING PAGE STONE-PINES NEAR CINTRA viii JUDAS-TREE IN BLOOM 9 LISBON FISH-WIVES 16 GOING TO SEE FRIENDS 25 THE FARM-CART OF THE COUNTRY 32 A QUIET POOL AT CINTRA 41 RETURNING FROM MARKET, LEIRIA 48 THE END OF A LONG DAY 57 HERD-BOY AND FLOCK 64 A LONELY FARM 73 WASHERWOMEN AT COIMBRA 80 _Sketch-Map of Portugal on p. vii._ [Illustration: SKETCH-MAP OF PORTUGAL.] PORTUGAL CHAPTER I HOW PORTUGAL BECAME A GREAT KINGDOM