Chap. VI. *A M E%^IC A. w 



" The Town (fays he) lies two Leagues up the River Janeiro, in a Bay, about 

 "which it is built like a Semi-Circle in a fandy Soil along the Water, and is about 

 "a Mile long; at each end rife fteep Mountains, befides which it hath neither 

 « Walls nor Gates . but its ftrength confifts of four Forts, th«irhiefeft whereof 

 «, ftands towards the Eaft on a Rock in the Mouth of the River . the fecond to- 

 « wards the Weft, an Ifle which on the South-Eaft rifes with a Mountain refem. 

 « bling a Sugar.Loaf : the third crowns a Rock South-Eaft from the Town • and 

 "thefourth, in the North. Weft, a high Mountain. The Natives, call'd Tonoupi. 

 « natnbauti, are very ferviceable to the Tortuguefe. 



Befides the fore.mention'd Towns Coltgni and St. SebuftUn, fomc make mention 

 of another in this <Pr*feaure, call'd Jngrade los <^eyes, twelve Leagues diflant from 

 St. Sebaftian Weftward* 



The- Burroughs of the Natives are populous, but neither ftrong by Natute, nor 

 fortifi'd, and fo not by any one thought worthy the naming 



Sect. IV, 



De Spirito Sanclo. 



NEtt to <Hio Janeiro lies the Lordfliip or County De Spinto Smiilo , exceeding Dcfc„> t ,on 

 fruitful, having divers Woods abounding with Venifon. The Rivers % °»#L 

 <ParayVa, Manangea, Itapemeri, Iritibi, and Guarapari, are ftor'd with all forts 'Z?,T 

 of Fifli, and amongft others the Fifh firatiapua, which in the Winter Monethslives "S rom 

 in the Rivers, and againft the Summer returns to the Rocks wafh'd by the Ocean. ° 

 This Fifli hath a wide Mouth full of Teeth, a rcddifli Tongue, little Fins, except 

 thofe on their Backs, divers colour'd Scales, yet moft of a dark Red, and generally 

 weighs fifty Pound. 



Here is alfo the Fifli <Paru, full of yellow Scales like Half-Moons over a black 

 Sjkjn ; it hath long Fins near the Tail, and a little Head. 



No lefs remarkable is the Guebucu, which hath a long Body, a fharp bonie Snout, 

 the upper Jaw reaching over the other, no Teeth, a Tail divided in the middle^ 

 fliarp Fins on the Back, and a Skin full of Silver-colour'd Prickles. This Monfter 

 not onely devours great Fiflies, but alfo Men . when it is hungry it often runs its 

 Snout through the fide of a Ship. 



But there is no Fifh more deform'd than the Jbacatuaja, which being oval and 

 flat, hath two long Fins underneath, and one on the top, a divided Tail, green 

 Fins, a fmooth Skin, and fiery Eyes ; as foon as it is taken it cries like a Hog. ' 



In this County ftands a Town of the fame Denomination, which contains two 

 hundred Houfes, a Sugar.Mill, and a Cloyfler of Jefmts, and drives a great Trade 

 in Cotton znd&afile Wood. Before the City lies an Inlet full of Ifles, the Mouth 

 of which is guarded by a Caftlc. The Natives, call'd Maigaias, are in League with 

 the Vortuguefe, but the Tapuyans and Jpiapctangas do them all the mifchief "they can 

 poffibly; fo that the fortuguefe travel in great danger of their lives, when any Bufi. 

 nefs calls them, through the Countrey of thefe falvage People. But befides thefe 

 People, the Way is pefter'd with ftrange wild Beafts, efpecially on the Mountain 

 Mejlre Aharo, which isfeen at a great diftance off at Sea | on which, amongft other 

 Creatures, breeds the terrible Serpent fBoiguacu, whofe length is generally twenty ti* ser ptn « 

 four Foot ; it is of an Afh colour, with great and fmall black Spots, with a little ****"" 

 white Speck in the middle ; when hungry, it leaps out of the Hedges, or from the 

 'ops of Trees, raifes it felf upright on its Tail, and winding about either Man, 



M Beaft, 









