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making the last stage of their journey on
their knees. 1t is not the comparatively
modern chapel that interests the stranger,
but that puzzle of antiquity, the city of
Citania, whose ruins occupy the same en-
inepce. The hill itself is treeless, rising
sharply and alone amid rich corn-tieds
and vineyards watered by the Este river.
On its summit, nearly a thousand feet
above the plain, is a mesa, perhaps 300
yards across. All this level space, and
some distance down the steep incline, is
covered with mysterious ruins - stone
flooring, street pavings and house walls,
solidly built Of well groined stone. The
singular thing about it is that while most
of the houses were complete circles, every
tenth building was square and of larger di-
mensi0ns, all set so close together that the
dividing walls must have been not more
than three inches apart The inference
is that in some pre- historic time this must
have been a place of lefugein time of dan
ger Tor the pastoral people OF the valley.
Not single weapon OF any kind has been
discovered, on flint or stone implement,
but smiths FORCES. clinkers and scraps of
1usted non speak Enthusiastically Of the
Iron Age. Mill stones scattered about.
tell that millers ground their corn On he
hilltop: women and children's orna-
ments, in blue and green glass, reveal
Phoeucian traffic, and flag ments of oil
and water jars smooth. unglazed, porous
pottery-remind us OF the early Romans.
But the forgotten people who lived here
IN the morning twilight OF time We're not
Romans as the character of their architec-
tuIe shows, which is rather OF the type
which Roman writer's cali Oppidum and
describe as belonging to the aboriginal
tribes OF Western Eufope Not single in
scription occurs. but there is considerable
carving, neither Bunic nor Christian. An
enormous granite slab, crownng the very
summit of the hill, is covered with strange
pre- Christian tracery and evidently tgur
ed in some religious rite. The roman his
torian, Nalerius MaXimus, speaks OF Git
ania, W hich he says is on II mountain-top
IN Lusitania and praises the bravery Of
its people and most European antiquar-
ians are agreed that the site of the long
lost city is this Aill Of Sac Romao in
Northern Portugal
From Braga to the Portuguese Capital
two thirds Of the distance down this long
and narrow kingdom, is = railway jour
ney OF about $50 miles; and very de
lightful one, though the service is print
tive and the trains creep at an average
rate of twelve miles an hour. Poor,
sleepy old Portugal is eminently the tour
lists paradise-not only in scenic beauty
and numerous points of historic interest,
but in novelty and extreme guaintness.
While the beaten routes Of European
travel have become tediously familiar,
this odd little country, which seems to
have been standing motionless two thOus-
and years, is replete with the charms of
antiquity and almost unknown to the
world at large. Because OF its contour,
Portugal has been compared to ribbon,
stretched between the Spanish border and
the Atlantic;-a green and crumpled rib
bon. by reason of many maintain chains,
all trending diagonally across the country,
with fertile valleys between them. Start
ing at Braga, near the Spanish frontier of
Mimic province, the Royal railway runs
almost due south to the royal city; for
long way in sight of the sea. thence fur
Their inland at the feet of the mountains,
to the junction at Entro-camino where it
Joins company with the Tagus river.
Oporto is only thirty miles south west
from Braga, but it takes three hours TO
accomplish the journey. Midway be
tween is Guimaraens, the oldest city of
purely Portuguese origin in the kingdom;
and if net pressed for time you will do
well to stop there a day or two 1t is a
most delightful town, full Of rarely pic
turesque ''bits' for any artist-old All
mel windows, telling of Moorish infu-
ences: narrow alleys with the caves of op-
posite houses nearly touching overhead 4;
oueerly carved doorways; and street vistas
terminating in glorious views of the
mountain side, white in patches with the
bloom of orchards, green in places with
rye and clover fields, gray in others with
granite boulders, here and there rills and
rivulets tumblng down in foaming cas-
cades High roads lead off in all direc-
lions through lovely scenery to interest
ing towns and villages. In one of the
latter you will fine the celebrated Caldas
das Taipas, or remains of ancient Roman
baths, which are still much frequented by
modern Portuguese. In the 18th century,