PROVINCE OF BAHIA. 



bay of All Saints, the first in front of the island of Mare, and the other opposite 

 that of Fontes. Rocha Pitta represents them as large rivers, but they are small 

 streams, and alone assume the appearance of rivers for the short space that the 

 tide advances. Barks enter the whole, and convey from them sugar in cases, 

 &c. to Bahia. 



The towns of this comarca are — 



Abrantes Abbadia Cachoeira 



Aguafria Inhambupe Jaguarype 



Itapicuru Villa do Conde Joam Amaro 



Pombal St. Francisco Pedra Branca 



Soy re Santo Amaro St. Salvador, or Bahia. 



Mirandella Maragogype 



Attt-anteSj situated a mile from the left margin of the Joannes, three from the 

 sea, and twenty north-east of the capital^ is a small town, with a church of 

 Espirito Santo. • The inhabitants, chiefly Indians, for whose ancestors it was 

 founded, are cultivators of mandioca and other necessaries of life, and follow 

 their ancient habits of hunting and fishing. 



Aguafria, a small town, ninety miles north of Bahia, has its church dedicated 

 to St. Joam Baptista. Within its district are various hermitages; and tobacco, 

 mandioca, the cane, and cattle are raised. 



Itapicuru, a small town, seventy-five miles from the coast, and within a mile 

 of the left bank of the Itapicuru, has a church of Our Lady of Nazareth. Cat- 

 tle forms the only wealth of its inhabitants ; and the river not being navigable, 

 added to the sterility of the land, there is no probability of its augmentation. 



Itapicuru Grande is a considerable and flourishing arraial, with a church of 

 Our Lady of Rozario, situated upon the right bank, and thirty-five miles above 

 the mouth of the river of the same name. Cattle and cotton are its only branches 

 of commerce. 



Pombal, originally Cannabraba, and founded by the Jesuits for the habitation 

 of Christianized Indians, is eighteen miles from the river Itapicuru, in a district 

 adapted to a diversity of productions. Santa Thereza is the patroness of its 

 church. 



Soyre, formerly Natuba, is eight miles from the right bank of the Itapicuru, 

 and thirty west of the town of that name. It has a church of Our Lady of 

 Concei9ao, and the inhabitants, composed of whites and Indians, cultivate 

 the necessaries of life and cotton. 



Further into the interior is the considerable arraial of St. Antonio das Quei- 



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