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of youth there are rOyal professors of the primitive letters and Latin. This 

 island, which belongs to the Marquis de Niza, and in whose territory the first 

 annual payments in the state began, was given by Thome de Souza to Don 

 Antonio d' Athayde, Count of Castanheira, and afterwards made part of the 

 capitania, which the King gave to him, comprehending the territory be- 

 tween the rivers Paraguassu and Jaguarype, with thirty-five miles of certam. 

 About two miles distant from the povoa^ao there is a chapel called Vera Cruz, 

 which was formerly the mother church. 



About three miles north of Itaparica is the island Dos Frades, which is 

 mountainous, and four miles in length ; a little to the north of it is the island of 

 Bom Jesus, with a chapel of the same name, and another of Our Lady of 

 Loreto. Further north is the island Das Vaccas, two miles long; to the east 

 of it is that of Menino Deos, which is small. North of Vaccas is the island of 

 Bimbarra, and further in the same direction that of Fontes. 



The island of Mare, whose soil is mainly appropriated to the culture of ba- 

 nanas, the support of its inhabitants, is five miles long, little less in width, 

 having its eastern extremity near the main land. The isle of Cajahyba, three 

 miles long, low, and cultivated, is situated at the western extremity of the bay. 



The island of Medo, which is very small, flat, and covered with cocoa-nut 

 trees, lies west of the northern end of Itaparica. 



Between the western side of Itaparica and the continent there are many 

 islands, mostly small, flat, and uninhabited, in the proximity of the bar. Those 

 of Cal and Cannas are the largest. 



Rivers. — About three or four miles to the north-east of the point of St. An- 

 tonio is discharged the Vermelho, which does not exceed a rivulet, and is of very 

 little extent. The road from the capital to Itapuan crosses it by a stone bridge. 



Eight miles to the north-east of the river Vermelho is the bay of Itapuan, 

 with a whale fishery. Between this bay and the said river there are fisheries 

 which furnish the capital with fish. 



Ten miles onward to the north-east is the mouth of the river Joannes, which 

 originates in the district of the town of St. Francisco. 



About ten miles further is the embouchure of the Jacuhype, which comes 

 from a great distance, as also the Pojuca, which follows it. 



The Itapicuru is formed in the comarca of Jacobina, by three streams of the 

 same name. The southern one is called Guassu, or Large, and the northern 

 Mirim, or Small. It flows uniformly towards the east, passes the arraial of St. 

 Antonio of the Queimadas, by the town and an aial of its name, and discharges 



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