2i6 Capu Baj^tho. Roberts. 



the Dregs and MylolTus, at two Teftunes a Gal^ 



Befides theCp^ tjiey land off great Quantities pf 

 prafil Woddj and W|iale Qyl, fome Gums and farr 

 rotSj the latter are different from the African in Co- 

 lopr and Bignefs^ for as they are blue and larger, 

 thefe ar^ green and fmaller ; and the Females of 

 them ever retain the wild Note, and cannot be 

 brought to talk. 



Ill lieu of this Produce, the VonugueTj^ once every 

 Year by their Fleet from Lishon^ import all manner 

 pf European Commodities ; and , whoever is unable 

 or negligent of fupplying himfelf at that Seafon, 

 buys at a very advanced Rate, |?efore the Return or 

 unothen^ • ' • • 



To tranlport Paffengers, Slaves, or Merchan- 

 cli:^e from one Settlement to another, or in Fiihing \ 

 they make ule of Bark-Logs, by the BraJilUns called 

 Jingadahs : They are made of four Pieces of Timber 

 (the two outermoft longeftj pinned and fattened to- 

 gether, and flaarpened at the- Ends: To war dis each 

 Extremity a Stool is fixed to fit on fqr paddling, or 

 holding by, when the Agitation is more than ordina- 

 ry ^ with thefe odd fort ot Engines, continually 

 t^aflied over by the Water, do thefe People, with 

 a little triangular Sail fpreeted about the Middle of 

 it, venture out of Sight of Land, and along the 

 Coafti: for many Leagues, in any fort of Weather • 

 and if they overfet with a Squall (which is not un- 

 common) they fvvinj arpd prefently turn it up right 

 <igain. ' • ■ ■ ' ■ - 



The Native? are of the darkeft Copper Colour, 

 with thin Hair, of a fquare ftrong piake, and mu jo- 

 cular ; but not fo well looking as the Wooley Ge- 

 neration : They aqqt^iefGe patiently to the Ponuguez,t 

 Government,' who ufe them much more humanly 

 ^^nd Chriftian^-like than the Dutch did, and by th^t 

 .gleans have extended Quietnefs and Peace, as wall 



