Nov, 1768 OBSTACLES TO LANDING 27 
also an Englishman, Mr. Forster, a lieutenant in the Portu- 
guese service. We were informed that we could not have 
a house nor sleep on shore, and that no person except the 
captain and such common sailors as were required on duty 
would be permitted to land; we, the passengers, were par- 
ticularly objected to. In spite of this we attempted to go 
on shore in the evening, under excuse of a visit to the 
Viceroy, but were stopped by the guard-boat. The captain 
went ashore to remonstrate with the Viceroy, but the 
latter said that he was acting under the King of Portugal’s 
orders. 
15th and 16k. The captain vainly remonstrated with 
the Viceroy against our being forbidden to land, and par- 
ticularly against the sentinel placed in his boat, which was 
done, he was told, as an honour. 
17th. The captain and I drew up written memorials 
complaining of his Excellency’s behaviour, which to us, as 
a King’s ship, was almost a breach of duty. 
18th. Answers to our memorials were received: the 
captain is told that he had no reason to complain, as he 
had only received the usual treatment customary in all the 
ports of Brazil; as for me, I am informed that as I have 
not brought proper credentials from the court at Lisbon, it 
is impossible that I can be permitted to land. 
19th. We sent answers to his Excellency’s memorials. 
The lieutenant who took them had orders not to suffer a 
guard to be put into his boat; the guard-boat let him pass, 
but the Viceroy, on hearing of it, ordered sentinels to be 
put on the boat. The lieutenant refused to go on board 
unless they were taken out, whereupon he was sent on 
board in a guard-boat and his crew arrested. He reported 
that the men in our pinnace had not made the least resist- 
ance, but that they had notwithstanding been treated very 
roughly, being struck by the soldiers several times. The 
guard brought back the letters unopened. 
This evening, by some mismanagement, our long-boat 
broke adrift, carrying with her my small boat. The yawl 
was sent after her, and managed to take her in tow, but in 
