PROVINCE OF RIO DE JANEIRO. 



eora, and the surrounding parishes, are embarked in boats for the capital, 

 and more sugar is sent from hence than from all the other ports in the bay. 



About two leagues to the south-east of Villa Nova, and not far from the bay, 

 is the parish of St. Gon^alo d'Amarante, on the right bank of the small river of 

 that name. Its dwellers produce a large quantity of farinha, feijao, and 

 Indian cern, with the superabundance of which, as well as that of coffee, 

 sugar, and casacha, much specie is inti'oduced into the district. 



Mage, a middling town, with the title of countship, and in an agreeabJe 

 situation upon the left bank of the river from which it derives its name, has 

 some commerce, and a handsome parish-church of Our Lady of Piedade. 

 It is about three leagues west of Macacu and one from the bay ; and the river, 

 which has here a wooden bridge, supplies the town with fish. In boats and 

 craft of considerable burden, a large quantity of farinha, Indian corn, feijao, 

 some sugar, rice, and a little coffee, are from thence exported. This place 

 was erected into a town in the year 1789. An English gentleman has a coun- 

 try house near Mage, where parties occasionally go for the purpose of shooting, 

 particularly snipes, which abound in the neighbouring morasses. 



Four miles to the north-east of Mage, near the right bank of the river 

 Guapymirim, is the parish of Ajuda, the soil of which is remarkably fertile, the 

 inhabitants prefening the culture of mandioca, rice, and coffee, to the sugar- 

 cane : they also export a great deal of wood. 



Two leagues to the west of Mage, is the parish of St. Nicolau, upon the 

 right margin of the Suruhy, consisting of a mountainous district of ten miles 

 from north to south, and three in width, being partly planted with mandioca, 

 rice, and coffee, but principally with the banana fruit, which introdiices 

 annually seventy thousand crusades, arising, it is said, from the industry of the 

 whites, who exceed the number of negroes, but more likely from the properties 

 of the soil and climate. 



One league to the south-east of the port of Estrella is situated the parish 

 of Our Lady of Guia, upon the borders of the bay, near the mouth of the 

 small river of Pacobahyba, from whence are embarked various necessaries of 

 life, its principal productions. 



About four miles to the north-east of the port of Estrella is the parish of 

 Our Lady of Piedade d'lnhumirim, situated at the angle of the confluence of 

 the river of that name with the small river Cruz. Its pa^ishioaers are farmef* 

 of Indian corn and mandioca, which prosper abundantly. In this district is 

 situated Mandioca estate, belonging to G. Langsdorff, Esq. the Russian 



