792 NIEUHOFP S BRAZIL. 



The 28th of Auguft, the council was advertifed by letters dated the 20th, at the fort 

 of St. Margaret in Rio Grande, from the governor de Linge, that twelve of the enemies 

 fhips, after having landed fome forces near Tamandare, were come into the bay of 

 Traikona ; and that according to the depofition of a certain Portuguefe prifoner from 

 on board the faid fleet, they intended to land likewife fome men thereabouts, provided 

 they might be joined by the rebels*/rom the Matta ; but if they failed to come, they 

 would return to the Bahia. Whereupon orders were fent to Mr. de Linge, to bring 

 what forces he was able together, either of foldiers, Tapoyers, or Brazilians, to prevent 

 their landing, and their conjunftion with the rebels in that captainfhip. 



The next thing under debate was, whether it were not convenient to fend fome fhips 

 under the command of Admiral Lichthart that way, to attack the Portuguefe ; after 

 various confultations, it was agreed, to flay until all the fhips might be got ready for 

 that fervice, to fupply the want of feamen by good able labourers from the Receif, and 

 fo to render ourfelves as formidable at fea as poflibly could be. 



In the meanwhile, the faid Admiral Lichthart fet fail the ifl of September with four 

 fhips and a yacht only, he himfelf being in the Utrecht, but was forced by flrefs of 

 weather (in which the Zealandia loft a mafl), and for fear of the rocks, to come to an 

 anchor not far from the Portuguefe, who endeavoured to gain the wind of him. Mr. 

 de Wit and Moucheron returned alfo with their boat, having not been able, by reafon 

 of the violent winds to overtake the Portuguefe, but had put their deputies on board a 

 fmall veffel to fail after their fleet. 



The fame day the council received letters from Mr. Hoogflraten, Ley and Heck, 

 from the cape of St. Auflin, that the enemies had pofled themfelves in the fugar-mills 

 Salgado, Surhague, and other places thereabouts; and becaufe the Portuguefe fleet, 

 which had been feen off the bay of Traikona, appeared again in fight of the Receif 

 the fame evening, it was thought expedient to order Admiral Lichthart immediately to 

 go on board the Utrecht, and with that and the fhip Ter Veere and two fmaller vefTels, 

 to keep a watchful eye over the Portuguefe : care was alfo taken to get the fhip the 

 Overyffel ready againfl next day, not queflioning that when joined by this and the 

 Zoutlandia and Golden-Doe, which were fent abroad for intelligence, they fhould be 

 able to cope with the Portuguefe, or at leafl to force them out of the road. The next 

 morning early, the Portuguefe fleet might be plainly difcovered from the Receif, but 

 our admiral was not able to flir by reafon of the contrary winds ; neverthelefs the 

 Zoutlandia and the Ter Veere, which came from the fouth a cruifmg, made all the fail 

 they could to efcape the Portuguefe, which they did, being much the nimbler failors, 

 and joined our fleet. 



The 4th of September, Major Bayert and Mr. Volbergen complained to the council, 

 that Mr. Vierbergen, Count Maurice's fleward, had made it his bufinefs to give it out, 

 that they being impowered to cut down certain trees, and fome part of the flabling and 

 gardens, for the better fortifying of the fort Erneflus, had tranfgreffed their commiflic 

 in cutting down many of the great trees, with an intention, as he faid, to ruin the w' 

 plantation ; whereas they declared, that they had been very careful in preferv* 

 much as poflibly could be, all the largeft cocoa-trees that flood not in Iheir w 

 by thefe rumours, the rage of the populace had been raifed to that pitch thr 

 much ado to appeafe them, they being for the cutting down not only of 

 but alfo for the pulling down of the whole palace of Count Maurice ; 

 defired to be regiflered in the public records, to ferve them for a leg?' 

 time and place. 



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