Excerpt from An Overland Journey to Lisbon at the Close of 1846, Vol. 1 of 2: With a Picture of the Actual State of Spain and Portugal A'r a time when the eyes of Europe, and indeed of the whole civilized world, are turned to the ia surrectionary movements now going on in Portugal, it is presumed that these volumes - from the pen of a gentleman at present resident amid the stirring scenes he describes, and enjoying peculiar facilities for correct observation - will be cordially welcomed by the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.