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of tl:e large fort. In shape it is an irregular quadrilateral, but tlicre 

 are only three bastions, bearing the names of St. Francis Xavier, St. 

 Ignatius, and St. Jerome himself. Bocarro writes of a bastion Santiago, 

 but apparently this is the one now called after St. Ignatius. Imme- 

 diately over the gateway is a statue of St. Jerome, and on the sides 

 are figures of two giants in bas-relief, looking like Gog and Magog, 

 each with a motto or couplet. There is a church in the small fort for the 

 convenience of the Christians on that side of the harbour. Some old can- 

 non are still on the bastions. I noticed one with an inscription of the time 

 of Don Joao Cotigno, Conde do Redondo, Viceroy, 1618." Sr liivara refers 

 to one of great antiquity, called the St. Catherine, with the following inscrip- 

 tion in Latin, " Joanes Vte (Vicente) faciebat, gubernate Nuno da Cunha, 

 anno 1537." 



Below the walls of the small fort, outside, are several good wells. Be- 

 yond, is the town, Portuguese and native, of Little Daman. 



There are numerous inscriptions in Daman of greater or less antiquity. 

 Eighty-seven of these have been collected by Sr. Hivara in the second 

 volume of the Tissuary. Omitting those of minor interest, for the most 

 part on tombstones, we give a few of the more important. 



Over the Porta do Mar is the following : 



" Na era de 1593 sendo capitao desta cidade Do Duarte Deqa, que foi 

 ho deradeiro que El-Rei Dom Sebastiao com ela despachou, foi por ele 

 lanQada a primeira pedra neste beluarte S. Francisco, e se fez esta porta." 



Over the Palace, or Government House, is the following : 



" Conquistada por Martim AfFonso en 1528 a 1538." Capitao Mor de 

 Mar. Indie. &c. Beconquistada en 2 de fevereiro de 1559 pelo. Vice-Rei 

 da India Dom Constantino de Braganga. 



This inscription is modern, but occupies the place ef an older Latin 

 one. Over the Porta da Terra is the following : 



'•' Na era de 1581 sedo Martim AfFonso de Melo capitao desta sidade 

 foi por el defedida aos capitais do Gra Mogor que a tiverao de serquo, he se 

 fez na fortificasao della parte deste Baluarte Sao Sebastiao he se fes 4 quo- 

 artinas de muro c6 dons baluartes de madeira, S. D°. he S. Mart, he se fes 

 esta porta." 



On the front of the small fort are two inscriptions, that to the right 

 commemorating the commencement of the fort. 



" Este Forte Sao Jeronimo se comegou por ordem de Dom Jeronimo 

 de Azevedo sendo Viso-Rei da India no anno de 1614, e os Administradores 

 da fortificasao desta cidade Ihe mandarao lavrar esta pedra por agradeci- 

 mento com suas armas abertas e emtalhadas pera perpetua memoria dos 

 seculos vindouros." And that to the left its completion — 



" Este Forte se acabou em tempo de D. Francisco da Gama Conde Al- 



