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fomething like it, flie would have it that 

 we were Parientes. She had a daughter, 

 a very fine young woman, who both 

 played and fung remarkably well : flie 

 was reckoned the fineft voice in St. Jago, 

 They faw a great deal of company, and 

 we were w^elcome to her houfe when- 

 ever we pleafed. We were a long time 

 in this country, but we paffed it very 

 agreeably. The prefident alone goes 

 with four horfes to his coach ; but the 

 common vehicle here is a calaflb, or kind 

 of vis a-vis, drawn by one mule only, 

 BuU-feafts are a common diverfion here^ 

 and they far furpafs any thing of that 

 kind 1 ever faw at Lifbon, or any where 

 elfe. Indeed, it is amazing to fee the ac- 

 tivity and dexterity of thofe who attack 

 the bulls. It is always done here by 

 thofe only who follow it as a trade, for 

 it is too dangerous to be praftifed as a 

 diverfion ; as a proof of which, it is 

 found, that though fome may hold out 

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