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PROVINCE OF BAHIA. 



good paved street, with many houses of one story. At its extremity is a con- 

 vent of St. Franciscans ; also a church dedicated to Our Lady of Rozario, a 

 hermitage of the Lady of Lapa, and royal schools of the primitive letters and 

 Latin. Some ouvidors select this place for their residence ; those now holding 

 this appointment are also judges, conservators of the woods, and preside at a 

 junta denominated Conservatoria. 



Igrapiuna is an insignificant maritime town, at the mouth of the small river 

 of the same name, between Santarem and Caym. Its inhabitants are white, 

 cultivators of rice, and other necessaries. It has a church of Our Lady of 

 Griefs. 



Boypeba, an old town upon the island from which it takes the name, is peo- 

 pled by whites, who cultivate very little beyond the provisions of life. The 

 church is dedicated to the Holy Spirit. 



Valen^a is an increasing town, upon the northern margin of the Una, a little 

 above its mouth. The church is dedicated to the Holy Heart of Jesus, and its 

 inhabitants are Indians and European descendants. Coffee and timber are 

 their productions. 



About two miles from the lake of Itahype, and very agreeably situated, is 

 the povoa^ao of Almador, with a church of Our Lady of Concei^ao. The 

 inhabitants are composed of whites and Indians, for the latter of whom the 

 establishment was founded ; they produce farinha and other necessaries, and 

 are cutters of timber. 



In a peninsula formed by the river Patype, near its mouth, and on the most 

 fruitful soil, is the large parish of St. Boaventura. The inhabitants, who are 

 also whites and Indians, grow abundance of rice, mandioca, feijao, and Indian 

 corn; cut wood, possess some cattle, and are great fishers and hunters. The 

 water-melons and pine-apples are here very excellent and large. 



Comarca of Jacobina. 

 The comarca of Jacobina takes its name from the head town, and compre- 

 hends all the western part of the province, a considerable portion of which 

 consists of catingas that are not susceptible of agriculture, but are appropriated 

 alone to breeding cattle. Mountains of any considerable elevation are rare, 

 and woods are seen only where the soil possesses some degree of substance, 

 portions of which are cultivated with mandioca, Indian corn, sugar, legumes, 

 hortulans, and cotton. It is probable, from the considerable extent of this 

 district, and the system which the government is now adopting, of forming the 



