Chap. VII. 



run out of their own Fvlc 



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into another on the lcaft occalion • but if 



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they put their 

 the 



Enemy to flight, they purine him, and fpare none alive. They little regard 

 QhnjUan Rehg.on, yet lome of them have learn'd the LordS.frayer and the Creed 

 the ^ man Priefts. The Minifter M havmg learn'd the ftjL To Co 



verted very many of them, and Baptiz'd them in their Villages. ° ' 

 andFath«f " and &^**fy 8° to Wars with their Husbands 



The Sra/SiaH Slaves were fome years fince bought of the Tapuyans, or made 

 Slaves becaufe they afifted Voudevyn Henr K k h o on , when hcLandedVn th Inle^ 

 Mo, . but they have fince obtained their Freedom of the fortune. TheXoLt 

 Slaves can undergo greater Labor than any other. Z 



f Jn h t C hf f U W °° d gr ° WS r 6 " 117 tCn ° r twdvC Lca S ues »P » ^e Countrev 

 from the Sea, not in particular Woods, but amongft other Trees Y 



J^KWo's when the Sugar-Mills work not, are employ'd in pullin. off the 



fit,, ; *fir*!**f**' fr ° m thC TfCC ' Whkhbears d «k ^grcen § Leaves 

 [l! l Z M. k " thC CndS ' ^ *"&* °" thi " S " lks ' but beari„g g „either bS 



k/^S Teacha " dobfcrvct ^ ^ligion inpublick, their Spiritual Men 

 being dmded mto Priefts and Monks { the Monks confift of Franc./cL, cjfi£ 



1^172 th ? Frm "T h r% themofterai — > poffcfsfixfairCloyfters 

 befideswhuh they haveneither Land nor other Revenues, but live on what is gi 

 ven them daily . their Cloyfters ftand in FredencK-fiadt, I^uaraca, Olhuta, Vojuca, Set 

 ham, and AntomoVaes But the QarmUtes have three Structures at farayi, and as 

 man, r raot e in Frederuk-ftadt and Olmda, where they live plentifully on what they 

 reap from Tillage, Rents of Houfes, and Legacies of deceafed Pcrfons. The S el 

 ^though they poffefs onely two Cloyfters, one in Frederick^, and the other 

 at Olmda, yet they have the greateft Income from the Sugar.Mills of Muferap*, and 

 the Countrey about Tarayba, as alfo Cattel and Cane-Fields. 



Qsciffa, the Seat of War, hath two Hom-works towards Olinda 5 the firft rais'd 

 with Stone defends the Haven with feven Brafs Demi.Culvcrins . the other lies 

 oppofite to the River men, and hath five Brafs and two Iron Guns, tteciffa alfo 

 hath a ftrong Rail about it, and many Guns plac'd in good order. Near the Pow. 

 der.houle ftand two Batteries with Guns. 



On the Shore towards Olinda, lies the Stone Caftle St.Joris, on a Hill oppofite 

 to the Haven, fortifi'd with a Bulwark and thirteen Iron Guns. 



The Water-Caftlc, built round, rifes out of the Sea, and ftands at the end of 

 the Stone Cliff, which makes an Inlet, through which the Ships Sail that come 

 to, and go from ^ecifa. 



The Fort <Bruine hath four Points, feven Brafs Guns, and Pallifados round 

 about. 



Somewhat farther is the Redoubt call'd the Lady <BruL, which hath two Brafs 

 Guns. 



The Caftle Waerdenbergh, built before the Mouth of the River Qafmnb'i, in the 

 Bay made by the River meribi, hath three Points, each rais'd fquare, becaufe the 

 fourth Bulwark towards JntonioVaes, cannot be finifh'd, by reafon the Earth is 

 funk away. 



The Fort Emefim ftands on the North-fide of Maurice- ftadt, on the Mand An. 



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