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bay from which it borrows its name, and which it frequently exchanges for that 

 of the Lady of Concei^ao, the patroness of its church. Farinha, rice, and 

 timber are exported from hence. 



The town of St. Sebastian, so called from the patron of its church, is yet 

 inconsiderable, with indifferent houses, and streets of sand. It is seated upon 

 the straight of Toque-Toque, in front of the island of its name, near the 

 embouchure of a small river, and at the commencement of a fertile plain, where 

 agriculture might be rendered flourishing in all its branches, and which was for 

 many years almost abandoned, in consequence of the farmers being prohibited 

 from exporting their productions to those places where they would have derived 

 the greatest advantage from them. About three miles to the east, in an agreeable 

 situation, there is a Franciscan convent, and near to it an arraial, denominated 

 Bairro. The women are occupied in potteries, the men in fishing, and in the 

 culture of various necessaries of life. 



Villa da Princeza, so created in 1809, is situated upon the northern coast of 

 the island of St. Sebastian, near the chapel of Nossa Senhora of Luz, which 

 for the present serves as its mother church, as well as for all the inhabitants of 

 the island. This island is appropriated to the culture of the sugar-cane and 

 tobacco, which are esteemed the best of the province, and their exportation is 

 considerable. On the eastern part of the island there is an arma^ao for whale 

 fishing. 



Ubatuba, a small town, with a church, and a chapel of the Lady of Concei^ao, 

 is situated near the mouth of an inconsiderable stream, on the verge of a fertile 

 plain, irrigated by various torrents. Its inhabitants are fishermen, and cultivators 

 of mandioca, rice, and coffee. It is nearly thirty miles to the north-east of the 

 town of St. Sebastian, and near the boundary of the province. Between this 

 town and the afore-mentioned arraial of Bairro, is the bay of Flamengos, also 

 that of Inquiriquere, both of which are capable of receiving many ships. Into 

 the latter, which is the most westerly, the river of the same name discharges 

 itself, and affords a disembarrassed navigation for only three miles. 



Paranahiba, an inconsiderable town, is situated upon the left margin of the 

 river Tiete, about twenty miles distant in a westerly direction from St. Paulo. 

 It has a church, and an hospicio of Bento Friars ; and its inhabitants, with those 

 of the adjacent districts, breed large cattle, and raise a diversity of the neces- 

 saries of life. 



Mugi das Cruzes is a considerable town, abundantly supplied with the ne- 

 cessaries of life, and enjoys a good situation, about two miles from the Tiete, 



