Chap. VII. 



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Sect. XIV. 



The Councellor DulTen'j- %jlatwn of fo much of Bra/lie as concerns 



the Weft-India Company. 



THat part of Brajile which the Weft-India Company have fubdu'd by force of 

 Arms on the Continent of America, is divided into fix Counties, Yi%. Sere* 

 gippa, Ternambuco, Itamarica, Varayba, flfjo Grande, and Star a. 



The Expedition undertaken by Gyffelmg and Scbuppe made Strigippa defolate, the 

 Inhabitants wheofremov'd to the Coaft Todos los Santtos. 



Alfo Siara, which the fortuguefe formerly poflefs'd, was thinly inhabited, and 

 had a mean Fortrefs there, whither forhe few (Brafilians came now and then to the 

 JSjstherlanders afliftance. 



<Pernambuco, lying between the Rivers Francifco and Tamarica, excclls the other 

 Countrey in fruitfulnefs and plcafantnefs. The Brafilians compare it to a hollow 

 Rock, under which frefli Water flows. 



Moreover, femambuco hath feveral Havens, vi^. the outermoft Road before <%e. Haven$ of 

 cijfa, which being in the open Sea, is fomcwhat dangerous, but the innermoft is 

 fecure againft all Storms . alfo at the Promontory St. Auguftine, where the Mouth 

 of the Haven is narrow and dangerously reafon of the Rocks and (hallow Grounds; 

 the Ifland Alexio is very fit to Crain Ships in . Barra Grande hath a large and fafe 

 Inlet, convenient for all manner of Veflels, yet it is inferior to Cororipa . laftly, the 

 Havens Jaragoa and Franco are very eminent. 



Amongft the Rivers, the chief are J angades,Serinbain , For mo/ a, <Porto Qaho,Cama* iw„ 

 rigibi, Antonio , Michael, and Francifco. 



Pemambuco alfo is divided into fix Jurifdiftions 3 the firft and mod ancient is 

 Igara^u . the fecond and biggeft, Olinda 5 the third, Serinbain . the fourth, Torto 

 Caho 5 the fifth, the Jlagoas 5 and the fixth, <%io Francifco, which is the Boundary 

 oifernambuco on the South. 



Vernambuco alfo boafts five Towns, v^. Garafu, Olinda, Maurice ft adt, to which &■ of 

 alfo belongs <%eciffa, Sella Vojuca, and Formofa. The Villages Moribeca, St. Laurence, iWwW 

 Jntonio, Jmaro, and others are alfo not inferior to little Towns. 



The Countrey is for the mod part Hilly, but is exceeding fruitful in the Val- 

 leys, and near the Rivers, efpeeially in Sugar-Canes. 



Here arc alfo a hundred and twenty Sugar.Mills, of which a great number ftand 

 ftill for want of JS(egro's. 



N^xt (pernambuco lies Tamarica, which hath onely one Haven, one City, and 

 twenty three Sugar-Mills, of which thirty are onely employ'd. - This Ifland pro- 

 duces excellent Grapes and Melons, yet is for the moft part barren, by reafon of the 

 Pilmires. 



The Countrey Tarayba hath its Denomination from the River which wafluth 

 it, being deep, and without any Rocks or Sands . on the Banks thereof (land twenty 

 Sugar.Mills, two of which are ftill ftanding. 



In the Lordfliipof (^io Grande (lands the Town tfW*c/, whofe Buildings were 

 ruin'd in the Wars ; after which the Inhabitants had leave to build them another 

 City on a fruitful Soil. 



The Countrey hereabouts us'd formerly to be very full of Cattel, but was not 

 onely bereav'd thereof by the Hollanders and fortuguefe, but alio for the moft part 

 made defolate. 



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