A RUTTIER FOR BRAZIL 



which are the Ingenios or houses wherein they make The white 

 sugar of Lucas Giraldo. From thence thou shalt see ^^S^^' ^^^^^^ 

 the Isles being so farre shotte as Rio de Contas. Qirluo 

 And thou shalt see within the land a round hill which 

 is like Monte de laude, and it hath another copple on 

 the South side. 



The course to sayle to Porto Seguro, that is 

 to say, The safe haven, lying on the fore- 

 sayd coast of Brasil, & the markes to know 

 the same by. 



F thou goe for Porto Seguro and goest 

 in the time of the Southeast windes, 

 which is from March forwards, I advise 

 thee that thou fall not in more degrees 

 then sixteen and a halfe, because of the 

 j sholdes called Os baixos dos Abrolhos, To avolde Os 

 J which are very dangerous, and stretch ^^^f^°^ ^^^ 

 very farre into the sea. And also going West from ^° ^^* 

 them, that thou keepe thy lead going and be often 

 sounding. And if thou chance to see the land, and an 

 high hill and long withall, much like to The pike, it 

 is the hill that is called Monte Pasqual. And from ^onte 

 thence thou must goe to the North, and when thou ^^^i^^^- 

 hast brought it Southwest of thee, then thou mayest 

 beare with the land, but with great care to looke about 

 thee. 



Marke when thou seest the land and commest to see 

 a red cliffe, then looke to the Southward, and thou [III. 722.] 

 shalt see a great smooth coast along the sea, and then 

 on the North side thou shalt descrie Porto Seguro. And 

 going along the coast thou shalt see the towne of Porto 

 Seguro standing upon the toppe of an hill ; which hill 

 is a white rocke : and on the North side of the sayd rocke 

 there is a very hie land. I advise thee that when thou 

 art East and West with the sayd land, I meane with 

 this rocke, that then thou looke to the Northward, and 



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