The Beaft 

 Cap) bar a. 



500 *A M E %.l C A. Chap. VII. 



as they came up, were commanded to throw away their Arms overboard . which 

 having done, and coming aboard the Frigat, they were all put in Irons, as alfo 

 their remaining Party, and condemned to die. 



Oppofite to the Jbrolbos on the Main Coaft, a plain Countrey extends it felf 

 thirty Leagues in length, inhabited by the Ouetacates y a cruel People, who continu- 

 ally either deftroy one another, or elfe make fad (laughters amongft their Neigh- 

 bors. 



The County Porto Seguro belongs to the Spanijt? Duke of Jvero, but is very much 

 decayed. 



The Rivers Moucuripe, Qaruvelas, and Lucurn, breed abundance of Water-Hogs 

 caird Capybara, which have fhort Feet, Bridles and Ears, a thick Body and Head, 

 with a bearded Snout, befides two Tusks, and twenty four lefler Teeth in each 

 Jaw, but no Tail 5 they feed on Grafs and Bullies in whole Herds on the Shore, 

 and make a terrible noife ; and though they cannot run faft, yet they dive and 

 . fwim extraordinary quick. 

 The Ufiirtu. ^he n[ a p mte a lf refembles a Hog, efpecially in its Head and Feet, but is as big as 

 a Heifer of fix Moneths old, hath a Snout hanging over its under Lip, a Mouth full 

 of Teeth, and on its Skin fhort and dark colour'd Hair. This Bead is very libidi- 

 nous, and in the Nights fpoils the Fruit-Trees, efpecially the Sugar-Canes, but in 

 the Day-time it fleeps in Thickets. The Flefli of a young Tapikrete taftes like 

 Beef. 



Laftly, the Inhabitants tff Porto Seguro are plentifully fupply'd with Rabbets, 

 and the more, becaufe there being divers forts of them, (Tome fay five) they are ta- 

 ken in great abundance, either in Traps, Snairs, or Gins, or by difcovering their 

 Holes 5 for the Hunters flopping the entrance of them, dig a Hole directly over the 

 place where the Coneys lodge, and fo kill them with long Pike-ftaves in the 

 Ground. 



Of thefe five forts of Rabbets in Unfile, the chiefeft, call'd Paca, hath a thick 

 Head, little Ears, their fore-Feet bigger than their hind-Feet, Abort, hard,and brown 

 Hair, fpeckled grey on the Sides, but no Tail : The Flefli of this fort of Rabbets 

 is very delicate. 



The fecond fort is the lupefi, which being like a Hare amongft us, may as well 

 be accounted of that kind. 



The Agutl refembles our Rabbets, onely it hath harfli brown Hair, round Ears, 

 bald Feet } gruntles like a Hog, hath two Toes more on their hind^Legs than on 

 the foremoft. 



The Cavia Cobaya, though lefs than the European Rabbets, excell them in foft 

 and divers-colour'd Hair, diftinguifh'd by white, red, and black Spots j their Head 

 and Teeth refemble thofe of a Rat, but it hath no Tail : No Rabbets can be made 

 tamer than thefe, and if carry'd to any remote Countrey, breed as well there as in 

 Srafile. ' . 



The laft of all is the Jparea, which differs little in runningfrom a Hare, as alfo 

 in refpeft of the Head and Beard, harbors more in rent Cliffs than in fandy 

 Ground. 



The Soil of Porto Seguro bears two forts of Palm-Trecs, vi^. the Tucum and Jiri 5 

 the Tucum hath fmall Boughs full of prickly Leaves, and a fruit not unlike the Da» 

 mask Prune,hanging in Clutters of three or four hundred together-and being excel- 

 lent Food to fatten Hogs and Apes . alfo when prefs'd yielding a clear Oyl, which 

 is highly efteem'd : the Fruit when ripe grows black without, and, within hath a 

 white Kernel : of the Leaves the 'Brajilians fpin fine and ftrongThred. 



The 



Five forts of 

 Rabbets in 

 Brajili. 



Tlie Tree 

 7 Mcunt. 



