Chap. VII. a M E%^IC A. , 5 o 9 



JrancifcatiSy Carmelites /and Bencdittins, are none of the meaneft. "The Countrey there- 

 abouts indifferently fruitful, hath twenty SugarrMills. The Mountain Cupa<wao 9 

 formerly very populous with Natives, being exceeding fertile, produces all man- 

 ner of Fruit ; at prefent it lies defolate, the Brafelians being all deftroy'd by the <Por- 

 tuguefe. Thefe Mountains produce alfo curious green Stones, which the Inhabi- 

 tants wore in their^Lips for an Ornament, and which alio cures the Griping of the 

 Guts, by being laid upon the Belly. 



The French under the Command of Captain Dourmigat, difcover'd ninety years Th « siiwr- 

 ago the Silver-Mine Copaoba, and for a considerable time carry'd Silver and Braftle t™***" 

 Wood from hence, till the Vortuguefe made themfelves abfolute Matters. 



Moreover, on the North-fide of Tarayba, the Salvages call'd Tetiguars inhabit 

 fixteen Villages. 



Amongft the Birds of prey which breed here, are the Ouyaourajfou, twice as big as Stran s e ^^ 

 a Crane, with curious Feathers, and To bold and fttong, that it devours not onely 

 Sheep, but Deer and Men. 



The Bird Mayton is no way inferior in beauty to the Peacock, his whole Body 

 being cover'd with white and black Feathers 5 on his Head grows a Tuft ; the Flefli 

 is alfo very pleafant to the taftc. 



The Toucan, another Bird, refembles a Turtle-Dove in all parts, except the Bill 

 and Bread; for the Belly is ten Inches long and three broad, the Breaftofan 

 Orange colour, mix'd with Crimfon Spots ; the remaining part is white, the Back 

 red, and the Tail and Wings CoaUblack. 



The Plant call'd Tarammacarou deferves alfo a peculiar obfervation, Yt%. It is the Plant 

 thicker than a Man's Thigh, grows twelve Foot high, with three Branches of equal Y *J™ mat *' 

 length and thicknefs, which you may eafily break 5 it is. green without, white within, 

 and without Leaves, leaving red BloiToms ftreak'd with blue, from whence grows 

 a Fruit about the bignefsofan Apple, crimfon without and white within, and 

 tafting like a Mulberry. 



The River Tarayba produces amongft many other Fifties the Guara-tcreba, which Hwa«»i8 

 hath a thick Body, flat Head, crooked Back, fplit Tail, and triangular Scales, other' ™l„ gi 

 which laid in the Sun, fliine like polifli'd Gold. 



The Sea alfo hereabouts affords a ftrange Fifli with a very long and thin Tail, 

 the Females whereof Lay every day Eggs like Hens : they are full of poyfonous 

 Prickles, and divided into feveral forts, amongft which the chiefeft are accounted 

 the Haainari and Jabebara. 





Fifti. 



THe Sea-Coaft ofBraJile from St. Vmcent to Spirito Santo appears as followeth : J^SJ*** 

 Before the Coaft of St. Vincent lie the four little Ifles Queimadas, and on one Coa{l °* 

 fide the Jlcatraces and Bufios ; Eaft North-Eaft from which bears thelfland Sebafiian: 

 Before the Inlet Ubatuba lies the Ifle Dos forcos, clofe under a high Shore, where the 

 Haven runs far up in the Countrey. Fourteen' Leagues farther the Ifland Grande, 

 ftor'd with frefli Water,with Filh-ponds, Woods,and two good Havens. Before the 

 Road of Garatuba appear feveral broken Ides, the chiefeft whereof is Morambaya. The 

 Ships Sailing along the Brafelian Coaft view next the Mouth of the wide River 

 Jcnero, without fear of Rocks or Shoals. Moreover, a fandy Ground extends from 

 the Weftern Point to Cape Frio, which rifes out of the Sea like a Rock, with white 

 Streaks, and crack'd on the top, between both which the high Ifland before Frio 

 makes a fafe Harbor. Nine Leagues beyond Frio to the Northward, St. Salvador 

 °pens a large Bay, hemm'd in on the South by divers namelefs Ifles. Laftly, the 

 feveral Salt-pans along this Coaft are very remarkable, as alfo the Promontory 



St. Thoma 



