Ch.IIL south AMERrCA. 



An Account of fome Tarts of the Brazils, 

 By Mr. John Adams. 



IN this place it will not be amifs to take notice of 

 fome parts of the Brazils, v/hich are quite un- 

 knovv'n to the Englifh, except their names. 



The mofl remarkable places to the northward of Per- 

 nambuco, are Rio Grande and Rio Paraiba, both which 

 are yearly vifited by a great number of fmail veffels, 

 the crews of which are employed in killing cattle; 

 more for the fake of their hides, and tallow, than 

 their flefii of which, neverthelefs, they jerk great 

 quantities, for the iife of fuch (hips as fail from 

 Pernambuco, Bahia Todos os Santos, and Rio de 

 Janeiro to Guinea. The inland parts up thefe rivers 

 are inhabited by Indians, called Tapuyes ; many of 

 whom fend yearly large droves of cattle (through the 

 Tupique nation, which extends from the fource of 

 Rio Sr. Francifco, in lat. 8° S. to that of Rio Doce, 

 in 20° S.j) to Bahia Todos os Santos, and Rio de Ja- 

 neiro, where they fell them for three or four crufadoes 

 a-piece (a crufad.o is about 2s. 8d. fierling), or ex- 

 change them for knives, hatchets, &c, or coarfe baize ; 

 for a yard of which they will give a good beall. The 

 reader who defires to have a particular account of 

 thefe Indians, I refer to authors who have written the 

 defcription of this part of the world, and treated of 

 their cuftoms and manners at large I intend only to 

 touch upon fuch matters, as, I believe, are at prefent 

 unknown to my countrymen. 



Pernambuco, or Olinda, is a large trading town, 

 and the capital of this part of Brazil it has a governor 

 fubordinate to the vice-roy at Bahia Todos os Santos ; 

 but as this town is pretty well known to geographers, I 

 lhall mention only a recent piece of Portuguefe policy,that 



was 



