A RUTTIER FOR BRAZIL 



mayest well goe in betweene two Islands which stand in T'he situation 

 the entrance of the river on the South side: neere unto ^f ^"^ ^^^[^[^^ 

 this river there is a great hiii seeming to bee a man with long halve h-j 

 long haire. Jenero. 



And take this for advise, that if thou be in the height 

 of this river, thou shalt see certaine high hilles within the 

 land, which be like unto organs. And when thou seest T'he organs 

 these organs, then make accompt thou art right against ^yf"^^"^ ^^^^ 

 the river : and comming neere the land thou shalt see a 

 certaine Island very round, which lieth to the Southward, 

 and is hie and bare in the top. Thou must know that 

 the mouth of this river standeth in 23 degrees and one 

 third part. And from this river to Angra, that is to say, Angra. 

 The open haven, thou hast 15 leagues. Goe not neere 

 the land there, except necessitie compell thee. 



I advise thee, that from this river that I spake of, I 

 meane from the entrance thereof, thou must goe West- 

 southwest, and Southwest, and West and by South. And 

 thou shalt see a great Island called Isla de San Sebastiano, ^ ^^ha de San 

 and to the Southward thereof another small Island very '^^^^^^^^«^- 

 high, called the Island of Alcatrarzas, that is to say. The ^^^ ^^^^ °f 

 Island of Pellicanes : but come not neere it, for it hath 

 dangerous shoalds. And from hence thou mayest go 

 West, and so thou shalt fall right with the mouth of 

 Saint Vincent, and thou shalt see an Island. And if 

 thou meane to goe into Saint Vincent thou must leave 

 this Island to the Westward. And understand that Saint ^.^^^^ Vincent 

 Vincent lieth in foure and twentie degrees. And when ^^^^ Ifilnds 

 thou art in the mouth of this bay, or art neere the about ye mouth 

 mouth of it, then thou shalt see many other Islands, ofS, Vincent^ 

 and one among the rest to the seaward. And having ^ °^^ ^^^ ^° 

 these sights, thou hast the best markes that bee for these ^^^ ^^^«'^^^- 

 Islands, that I have told thee of: and this Island lieth 

 Northwest and Southeast with the mouth of S. Vincent. 



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