Defer iption 

 of Aiaurice- 



Forts ofBr** 



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60^ A M E^I C A. Chap. VII. 



tonio Vae^. That part of the City which rcfpe&s the Fort, lies open, with five 

 Points and a double Horn.work • it is the more fecurc from any Invafion, becaufe 

 the Countrey round about is overflowed at High-water. On the Horn-work ftand 

 eight Brafs Guns ; but the four Redoubts along the River Cap'rtaribi arc decay 'd. 



The fquare Fort Prince William, ftanding in a low Ground not far from the River 

 Afogados, hath four Bulwarks, and is inclos'd with a high Wall and ftrong Pallifa- 

 do's : the Church appearing above all other Houfes in the Caftle, may be feen at 

 Oli?ida. 



Maurice.ftadt lies pleafantly along the River Biberibi, and is wafli'd behind by the 

 River £apivaribi - It hath a large Wharf, a brave Magazine, a French Church, and 

 a Guild-hall : The Buildings are not altogether fo high as thofc in %eciffa, where 

 they are commonly three Stories, becaufe the Ground is very dear. 



Graye Maurice's Court lying oppofite to %eciffa, on the Shore of !Biberibi, rifes 

 from the middle of a Garden with two high Towers. 



ISSot far from the Caftle Brnejius is a Potters Kiln, and on the other fide, near the 

 Fort Frederick Henrick feven Wells, and fomc Morafles, and towards the Water- 

 fide, a Stone Battery. 



The Fort Orange at the Southern Mouth of the Haven, hath, by reafon of its dry 

 Moats, a ftrong Pallifado, four Bulwarks, and twelve Guns. The Bulwarks about 

 the Church, and the Battery before the Haven, alfo fecures Scbuppen-ftadt againft the 

 Portuguese. On the Battery ftand nine Iron and two Brafs Guns. At the Northern 

 Entrance of the Haven appears a Tower with three Guns. 

 The Fort Margdreta hath two Brafs and forty Iron Guns. 



fyftringa, furrounded with Pallifado's, rifes near a fandy Point in the middle of 

 the River. 



The Caftle Antonio, w a fli'd by the Sea, hath onely one Tower, but that fuffici- 

 ently ftrong to defend it againft an Enemy. 



The Frmcifcan Cloyfter, ftrengthned by a Wall and Earthen Wojks, ferve in 

 ft cad of a Caftle to Frederick- ftadt, and is the more fecureby reafon of a Half-Moon,' 

 Moats, Rails, and a; Battery at the Mouth of the Haven. 



The ftonie Fortification of Ceulen lies near the Sea. All thefe are the FortrelTes 

 of the Northern (Brajile. 



To the Southward of ^ecijfa appears the Promontory St. Augufline, where the 

 Haven is fecur'd by the Forts Vander Dujfen, Domburgh, and a Stone Battery. 

 Porto Caho is fortifi'd by a Caftle, built on a fteep Hill forty Foot high. 

 The Fort Maurice Commands the Ferry of ^ioFrancifco, and is built on a high 

 and fteep Hill, with five Bulwarks, the lowermoft Plain is overflow'd by the 

 River in the Summer Seafon. The Store-houfes hereabouts are ill furnifh'd, and 

 if not fuddenly fupply'd, 'tis to be fear'd, that a great Famine will follow, as al- 

 ready it is begun, and we may thank the faint-heartednefs of the Enemy that ic 

 hath increas'd no more. 



The Militia is diftributed into all the Forts or Villages, that fo they may the bet- 

 ter procure their Provifions, watch the approach of the Spaniards, and prevent all 

 Incroach*ments of the Enemy. In Maurice Caftle are five hundred and forty Men 

 in Gar.rifon ; in the Afogados, two hundred ninety three ; in Qamarigibi and Porto 

 Ci/V0,fourhundred and eighty ; in Serinhain, feven hundred and eighty . in Pojuca, 

 twenty five ; in the Mills Panterra, ninety feven . at the Promontory Antonio, two 

 hundred and forty . in the Caftle Vander Vujfen, a hundred and feventy . the like 

 number is in Amaro and Moribcca . in the Village St. Uurence, four hundred and 

 twenty two ; in the Fort Prince William, two hundred and fixty three ; in Frederick 



Henrick, 



