Strgipfo del 





5 08 *J M E %l C A. Chap. VII. 



and St. Salvador run the two great Rivers Francifco and <tijal, the firft whereof re- 

 tains its freflinefs twenty Leagues into the Ocean. 



Along the River Topitinga ftand many Sugar-Mills . and five Leagues farther 

 Northward beyond Olinda the Portuguefe inhabit thefe Villages, *i* Garafu, <Recitfa, 

 Moribeca, Antonio de Cabo, Miguel de Poyuca, Gonfaho de Una, ToMacon de Porto Caho, Ala. 

 goa del Nort, and Alagoa del Zur, befides other <Brafilum Hamlets, and above feventy 



Sugar-Mills, 

 the .mure The County of <Pernambuco hath for the moil: part a good Soil, feveral Plains, 

 i£JSL™ low Hills, and fruitful Valleys, abounding with fair Canes, which alfogrowon 

 the Mountains Mafurepe, Zebaatan, Poyuca, and Moribeque. 



The Wilds of El Gran Matto, afford the beft Wood, with which they drive the 

 greateft Trade in the Village Lauren®. Whilcft Matthia* Albuquerque Intrench'd 

 himfelf a League and a half Weft ward from Olinda, by the Sugar-Mills belonging 

 to Francifco Montero, with a hundred Portuguefe, and three times as many Armed 

 <Brafilians, Loncque finding that he could not long keep the City Olinda againft the 

 Enemy, caus'd the fame to be pull'd down and burnt. 



Between the Rivers Francifco and <%eal, lies the Town Sergippo del <%ey, up in the 

 Countrey near a fmall Rivulet, which at Spring-Tydcs hath fourteen Foot Water. 

 The Woods round about feed wild Cartel, and the Mountains contain Mines of 

 Gold and Silver, 



The firft Plantation in Brafile was in the Ifland Itamaraca, three Leagues long 

 and two broad, but extends its Jurifdiftion along the Main Coaft, from which it 

 is feparated by a narrow River, which runs betwixt both thirty five Leagues. The 

 Countrey is eminent for twenty Sugar.Mills, and abundance of<Braftle Wood. 



The chief Town of this Ifland is call'd Villa de Conception near the Sea, which 

 round about the Ifland is full of Rocks. The French fettling themfelves here at firft, 

 were driven from thence by the Portuguefe. The Town it felf, built on a Rock,hath 

 a ftrong Cattle on the one fide, erefted near a fhrubby Moor . to the Northward 

 of which Stein CaHenfels found a little Ifle, fcarce a Mufquet.fliot long, which at 

 High.water is overflown, and being full of fmall Trees makes a Receptacle for 

 Sea-Fowl, which flock thither about fix a Clock in the Evening to Rooft on the 

 Boughs, from which, when once fetled to take their repofe, they will not ftir till 

 fix of the Clock the next Morning, though you difcharge Guns at them all Night- 

 but fince Stein Callenfels cut down the Wood to make Pallifado's for the new Fort 

 againft the Town Conception, they were never feen afterwards. 



Sect. IX. 



Parayba. 



NOrthward from Itamaraca borders the County oi Parayba, whence the French 

 Ships carry 'd yearly feveral Ladings of Srafik Wood, till Anno 1585. the 

 Portuguefe General Martin Leytam drove them from all places, fince when 

 they never recovered any part thereof. 



This Territory of Parayba borrows its Denomination from the chief Town, ly- 

 ing five Leagues from the North Sea near the River Parayba, which in the Summer 

 Seafon hath but little Water, but in the Winter Seafon incrcafes to that heighth, 

 that it oftentimes on a fudden overflowing the Countrey fwcepsaway both Peo- 

 ple, Cattel, and Houfes. The City it felf, though fmall, yet hath feveral fair 

 Buildings, amongft which three Churches and as many Cloy fters, inhabited by 

 5,6 ~ Francif* 



ViBm it Ctn- 

 (fftion. 



Description 

 of Parana. 



