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it contained ; to this end the person "Who wanted to 

 drink applied his mouth, and the assistant then taking 

 his hand from the other, and admitting the air above, 

 the cane immediately parted with its contents, which 

 the drinker drew off till he was satisfied. 



We stood off and on along the shore till the 12th, 

 and successively saw a remarkable hill near Santo 

 Espirito, then Cape St. Thomas, and then an island 

 just without Cape Frio, which in some maps is called 

 the Island of Frio, and which being high, with a 

 hollow in the middle, has the appearance of two 

 islands when seen at a distance. On this day we 

 stood along the shore for Rio de Janeiro, and at nine 

 the next morning made sail for the harbour. I then 

 sent Mr. Hicks, fny first lieutenant, before us in 

 the pinnace, up to the city, to acquaint the Governor, 

 that we put in there to procure water and refresh- 

 ments ; and to desire the assistance of a pilot to 

 bring us into proper anchoring-ground. I continued 

 to stand up the river, trusting to Mr. Bellisle's 

 draught, published in the Petit Atlas Maritime, 

 Vol. II. No. 54. j which we found very good, till five 

 o'clock in the evening, expecting the return of my 

 lieutenant ; and just as I was about to anchor, above 

 the island of Cobras, which lies before the city, the 

 pinnace came back without him, having on board a 

 Portuguese ofKcer, but no pilot. The people in the 

 boat told me, that my lieutenant was detained by the 

 Viceroy till I should go on shore. We came imme- 

 diately to an anchor ; and, almost at the same time, 

 a ten-oared boat, full of soldiers, came up and kept 

 rowing round the ship, without exchanging a word : 

 in less than a quarter of an hour, another boat came 

 on board with several of the Viceroy's officers, who 

 asked whence we came ; what was our cargo ; the 

 number of men and guns on board ; the object of 

 our voyage, and several other questions, which we 

 directly and truly answered : they then told me, as a 

 kind of apology for detaining my lieutenant, and put- 



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