8o2 nieuhoff's brazil. 



view of the harbour, he found the ftone redoubt in a condition to be repaired, with- 

 out any great charge, the cannon upon the batteries nailed up, but the works towards 

 the fea-fide in pretty good order. 



That he had ordered a draught to be made, to furround the redoubt with palifa- 

 does, to raife a battery within it, to build a guard-houfe, and to widen the ditches. 

 He had alfo ordered a ftone breaft-work (for want of wood) to be made on the back-fide 

 of the battery, with a row of palifadoes, and a guard-houfe ; and that with the firft 

 fair weather, they fhould fet on fire all the bufhes and brambles on the faid hill, and 

 clear the ground round about the church Nazareth. 



Upon view of the fort Vander Duflen, he had commanded the major Hoogftraten 

 with all poflible fpeed to put it in a good pofture of defence, the admiral having already- 

 taken care to have it furrounded vdth palifadoes. That on the 7th of Auguft, haying 

 paid off the garrifon, and thofe belonging to the artillery, he paffed through very 

 difficult ways to St. Antonio, where he likewife paid off the foldiery^ vifited the retrench- 

 ment, and put every thing in the beft order he could. 



, That he had bargained with certain perfons to repair the faid redoubt on the hill 

 called Nazareth, and the {l;one breaft-work, the building of two guard-houfes, and 

 furrounding both the works with palifadoes, according to his draught, for nine hun- 

 dred gilders, the whole to be completed within three weeks time. Here it was he had 

 the firft notice of the landing of fome forces from the Bahia, near Rio Formofa, by 

 the fame fleet which the week before was feen off the Receif. But not being able to 

 get any fure intelligence, he had fent a meffenger to Lieutenant Montangie, then com- 

 mander in Serinham, to give him a true account of the matter, and in what condition 

 he and his garrifon were at that time ; encouraging him by fair promifes, all communi- 

 cation by land being already cut off betwixt them. Here he alfo Hfted thirty-eight 

 volunteers that offered their fervice. 



That the 8th of Auguft he left the faid place, and notwithftanding the badnefs of 

 the weather, rid acrofs the hills of Hegendos to the fea-fhore, where, meeting with the 

 admiral, they went together up the river Sangado with the tide, as far as Calandaria, 

 where they ftayed for fome time, and received the news, that in the laft encounter betwixt 

 Colonel Haus and the rebels near that hill, above two hundred of the laft, among 

 whom were fome officers, were flain, and about forty or fifty on our fide. One 

 Melchior Alvares came on purpofe to tell them, that about three hundred of the 

 revolted inhabitants were inclined to accept of a pardon, which he referred to the 

 council. 



That being ready to take horfe in order to his return to the Receif, a certain foldier 

 of our troops, that had been left behind, complained that he had been ftripped ftark 

 naked by the fervants of the ferryman of the river Sangado, who had wounded and 

 beat him miferably. Melchior Alvares was ordered to take care of his wounds, and 

 Captain Piftor to go with twenty of his men in queft of thefe villains ; who, coming 

 to the ferry, befet the houfe, took the ferryman and his three fons prifoners, but the 

 mulat, who had committed the fa£t, efcaped their hands. 



That he purfued his journey on horfeback towards the Receif, notwithftanding the 

 violent rains, and not without great danger paffed the river the fame night near the 

 fort Emilia. 



That on the 9th of Auguft he was advertifed by fome negroes belonging to Mofes 

 Navarre, whom he had fent with letters to D'Ingenio Surfacque, that an ambufh had 

 been laid for them near Candalaria, but the enemy durft not attack them, their negroes 

 being all fuch as were taken prifoners, and afterwards made their efcape to us. 



Major 



