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€th degree of fouth latitude, and 34th of weft 

 longitude; the foii is extremely fertile, pro- 

 ducing all things in the greateft abundance, 

 with which the inhabitants are well fupplied ; 

 in fad, the luxury of the firft clafs of the people 

 is excefliv.e, and fnch as one would fcarcely expedt 

 in a place almoft fhut out from the reft of the 

 world. The town of Port St. Pedro is fituated 

 about four kagues from the mo,uth of the river, 

 from which the province takes its name ; it it 

 jnoftly of wood, ill-built, and ftraggling, with 

 very hvj good houfes ; nor did I fee above two 

 or three that confifted of more than one floor. 

 The Governor's houfe is fmall, but conveni- 

 enient and laid out entirely on a military plan. 

 It confifts of a fuitc of apartments, all on the 

 ground floor. There is a handfome cathedral, 

 with very fuitable eftabliiliments about it; 

 and I fhould fuppofe that here, as well as every 

 where, the clergy are well taken care of. 



The people, unlike thofe of the mother 

 country, are remarkably clean, and drefs in a 

 fplcndid manner; their linen, which feems with 

 them a favourite article of drefs, is exceedingly 

 fine, and is always fo clean that it really prepof- 

 fefTes a ftranger in their favour ; notv/ithftanding 

 I have ever carried cleanlinefs to a finical nice- 

 ty, I made but a fecond-rate figure at Port St. 

 Pedro ; for fuch is the cfFed: of the fun, and the 



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