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here are yams and caffada in plenty : beef, botli frcfh and 

 Jerked, maybe bought, f,i\ I Coek in [768, at about lid. 

 a pound, but it is very lean. The pi iple hi re jerk their 

 beef bv taking out the bones, catting ii into large but thin 

 flices, tlicn curing it with fait, and drying it in the (hi d : 

 it eats very well, and if kept dry, will remain good along 

 time at fea. Mutton is fcarcely to be procured, and h 

 and poultry, are dear. Of garden-ftuff and fruit then- is 

 abundance ; but none can be kept at fea except the pumpkin : 

 rum, fugar, and molafles, all excellent in their kind, may 

 bc had at a reafonable price- ; tobacco is alio cheap, but not 

 od. Cook's Voyages by Hawkefworth, vol. ii. Staun- 

 ton's Embaffy, vol. i. 



Rio Infanta. See Great Fish river. 

 RlO .' Limones, a river of the illand of Cuba, which 

 runs into the Spaniih Main, N. lat. 20^ 21'. W. long. 7s- 1 . — 

 R. Mino, a river of Jamaica, which runs into the fea, on 

 the W. fide of Carlifle bay. 



Rio das Mortes, a town of Brafil, in the junfdiction of 

 Minacs Geraes, fituated on a river of the fame name, which 

 runs into the Parana. 



Rio Negro, a confiderable river of South America, which 

 runs from the river Oronoko, in the kingdom of Granada, 

 and enters the river of the Amazons,, near Fort Rio Negro. 

 S. lat. 3 15'. W. long. 61 ° 31'. — R. Nucdo Bay, a bay on 

 the N. coalt of Jamaica. N. lat. i8 c 26'. W. long. 76-46'. 

 — R. de Oro, a river of the ifland of Chiloe, which runs 

 into the Pacific ocean, S. lat. 4Z 45'. — R. de Ouro, a river 

 of Africa, which runs into the Atlantic, N. lat. 23 52'. 

 W. long. I6 3 . — R. de las Pa/mas. See Palmas. —R. das 

 Palmas. See ScHERBRO. — R. de la Plata. See Plata. — 

 R. dti Patos, a river of Brafil, which runs into the Atlantic, 

 S. lat. 2§ u jo'. — R. dfs Palras, a river of Africa, which 

 runs into the Atlantic, N. lat. 9 10'. — R. de Pbios, a river 

 of the Ilthmus of Darien, which runs into the Spaniih Main, 

 N. lat. (j- 12'. \V. long. So 25'. — R. de Puercos, a har- 

 iiour on the N. coalt of Cuba, S.W. ot Bahia Honda. — 

 R. de hs Rabados, a river of Chili, which runs into the Pa- 

 cific ocean, S. lat. 45' 10'. — R. dos Ramos, a river of 

 Africa, which runs into the Atlantic, S. lat. 14° 37'. — R. 

 Rial, a river of Brafil, which divides the eaptainthip of Ser- 

 gippe from that ot All-Saints. This river, if it were not 

 for the bar at the entrance, on which there is but ten feet 

 of water, would be an inlet to the molt fertile and pleafar.t 

 part of the Brafils. Over the bar there is room enough, 

 and depth of water fufficient, for the whole navy of England 

 to ride in fafety. About four leagues above the mouth, 

 this river divides itfelf into four large branches, one running 

 N.N.W. called Rio Fundo, another N.W. navigable for 

 any vefi'cl that can get near the bar, as far as the towns of 

 St. Lucia and St. Euftatia, from the latter of which it 

 takes its name, a third, called Rio de I'ao Grand, or Great 

 Timber river, which runs W.N.W. The main branch, 

 which run W.S.W. is alio navigable as far as the town of 

 Bahia, about 20 leagues from its mouth. On the banks of 

 thel'e branches there are many tine plantations, and fmall vil- 

 lages, which fend great quantities of fugar, tobacco, and 

 mandioc to Bahia "r Ii ni.unbuco, as the wind permits. 

 This river runs into the lea through four channels, formed 

 by three fmall landy iflands, lying in the mouth of it. About 

 12 leagues to the S. of Rio Real is a fmall harbour, called 

 Torre Garcia de A villa, defended by four pieces of cannon ; 

 the town lie. about a mile above the port, on the high' II 

 land on this coalt ; and it is the belt for a (hip to make, that 

 is bound to Bahia, while the N.E. wind blows. — R. del Rey, 

 Ot River Real, a river of Africa, which runs into the At- 



lantic, N. lit. 4" 30'. E. long. S : 5'. This river may be 

 diltinguifiied by the extreme high lands of Amboyes, be- 

 tween it and the river Camarones, fituated S.E. from the 

 mouth. It appears like a deep large bay running N., 21 

 or 24 miles wide at the entrance, where the ground is oozy; 

 the channel being exactly in the middle, free from Ihoals 

 and fands, except near the E. fide, which is foul ; the (hore 

 on both fides is low and marlhy. The river which comes far 

 from the N., is wide for a long interval into the country, 

 and receives feveral confiderable rivers in its courfe : the ad- 

 jacent lands are populous and full of villages. The princi- 

 pal trade conlilts in (laves and large elephants' teeth, and 

 akkori or blue coral. The inhabitants are called Calbongas 

 (which fee).— R. dos Reyes Magos, a river of Brafil, which 

 runs into the Atlantic, S. lat. 19 20'. — R. St. Balardo, a 

 river of New Albion, which runs into the Pacific ocean, N. 

 lat. 34 c 44'. — R. St.. Andre, a river of Chili, which 1 

 into the Pacific ocean, S. lat. 35^ 40'. — R. St. Maria, a 

 river of Chili, which runs into the Pacific ocean, S. lat. 



51 36' R. de Sal, a river of Mexico, which riles in the 



province of Culiacan, on the borders of New Bifcay, and 

 runs into the Pacific ocean, N. lat. 23 : 40'. — R. Salado, a 

 river of South America, in the province of Tucuman, which 

 rifes about 60 miles W. of Salta, and firft bears the name 

 of " Rio del PalTage," but being joined by feveral fmaller 

 dreams, it changes its name to Salado, and runs into the 

 Parana at Santa Fe, in the province of Buenos Ayres ; its 

 whole courfe being about 500 miles. — R. Salado, or R. d^s 

 Apaches, a river of North America, one of the branches of 

 the river Bravo, which joins the main dream, about N. lat. 

 30 40'. W. long. 86 J R. Salado, a river of South Ame- 

 rica, which in the latter part of its courfe, divides Chili 

 from Peru, and runs into the Pacific ocean, S. lat. 26 : 15'. 



— R. i/e lus Sauces, a river ot South America, which riles 

 in Patagonia, and runs into the Atlantic by two flreams, 

 forming between them a confiderable ifland and the fouthcrn 

 mouth of the bay of Anegada, S. lat. 39° 45'. 



RlO Seco, a town ot Portugal, in the province of Beira, 



on the borders ot Spain ; 7 miles S.S.E. of Almeida R. 



Seco, a river of Peru, which runs into the Pacific ocean, S. 

 lat. -&. 



Rio Secundo, a town of South America, in the province 

 of Cordova, on the river Secundo ; 30 miles S. of Cordova. 



— R. Stlbola. See ScHERBRO. — R. Sin Fondo, a river of 

 Chili, which runs into the Pacific ocean, S. lat. 43 50'. — 

 R. del Spiritu Santo. See Mamca. — R. das 'I'rombetas, a 

 river ot Brafil, which runs into the river of the Ama/.ons 

 at Pauxi. — R. de Vacat, a river ot Mexico, which runs into 

 the Pacific ocean, N. lat. 14, . — R. Verde, a river of Peru, 

 which runs into the Pacific ocean, N. lat. 1 . 



Rio Verde, a town ot Mexico, in the province of Guaf- 

 teea ; 90 miles N.W. of St. YagO de los V.illcs. 



RIOBAMBA, a jurisdiction of South America, in the 



viceroyalty ot New Granada and audience of ^uilo ; 

 fituated to the fouth of the affiento ol Latacunga. This 

 jurildiction is divided into two departments ; th rej ,'dor, 



who relides at Kiobamba, appointing a deputy, who lives at 

 the affiento ot Hambalo, fituated between tin- capital and 



Latacunga. The firft department contains 18 principal 



villages. The productions and manufactures of t lie province 



of Kiobamba excel all the o 'X of the provinces of Peru. 

 In various parts it has rich mines ol gold and Giver, The 

 jurildictious of Kiobamba, Alaufi, ai A Cui nca, by means 



of the warclioufcs at Yaguachc aud N'or.mjcl, tarry on a 

 confiderable trade with Guayaquil. This trade, in the ma- 

 nufactures of the country, which coinill only of three forts, 



cloth, 



