Entreater

One who makes entreaty. Entreatingly, adv. In a beseeching, entreating manner. Entreative, a Beseeching; pleading; imploring. Entreat'y, n. Urgent prayer; pre ing solicitation; earnest request; solicitation; importunity; as, deaf to entreaties. Entre Douro e Minho, (en'trá doo-aïr-o ai meen-yo,) often called MINHO, the most N. province of Portugal, bounded N. by the Spanish prov. of Galicia, from which it is separated by the River Minho, and on the W. by the Atlantic Ocean. Area , 3,094 sq. m. It has been called the Paradise of Portugal; and indeed it may be doubted whether any territory in Europe of equal extent exhibits so nuch beauty. It is traversed from N.Ε. to S.W. by three mountain-ranges, which, however, sink down as they approach the coast, leaving a considerable tract of undulating country along the sea-margin. The chief rivers, besides the Minho, and the Douro, which separates it from the S. prov. of Beira, are the Lima (a portion of the vale of which is said to form the loveliest landscape in the world), the Cavado, and the Tamego. The climate is agreeable and healthy. Prod. Wine, oil, flax, maize, wheat, barley, oats, and vegetables. Along the coast are numerous fisheries. The prov. consists of three dists., Braga, Vianne, and Porto, with the town of Braga for the capital. Pop . 864,918.