Port Mahon
the capital of the on a deep, narrow inlet in the S. E. of est in the Mediterranean, and is prothe island. Its harbor is one of the fintected by powerful forts and fortifications. Building stone, shoes, cottons, town was held by the English from 1708 cattle, and honey are exported. The to 1756, and again from 1762 to 1782. fortress.
It was they who made it a first-class zilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Pop. (1918) 1,852,207. N. W. extremity of fortress. It was they who made it a first-class zilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Pop. dral, an arsenal, military and normal it communicates with the sea. founded in 1742. It contains a catheschools, an episcopal seminary, and a It was German club. Most of the wholesale trade is in the hands of the Germans.
There are manufactories of pianos, fur- German club. Most of the wholesale There are manufactories of pianos, fur- trade is in the hands of the Germans. flour. Pop. about 150,000. ports are beef, salt pork, lard, hides, and PORTOBELO