the South- Sea. 



with which all thofe Woods fwarm, and whofc frefh Track 

 we had newly feen on the Sand, At Break of Day, we ftill 

 advanc'd half a League farther, to difcovcr whether any 

 Ship was at Anchor at Arazaliba, and faw none. One of 

 our Officers, who had put in there two Years before, with 

 Monfieur de Chabert, fliew'dusaPointof low Land, where 

 there are Herds of wild Bullocks ; but we were not well 

 provided to attempt that Sport, and yet we flood much in 

 need of it, for there are none on the North-part of the 

 Ifland y fo that it would be much more advantageous to 

 put into the South-part, if Ships were fafe there ; but when 

 it blows hard at Eaft, E. S. E. and S. E. there is Danger of 

 being caft away, as happen'd to the S.Cle?nent and his Pink, 

 in 1712: They there loft their Boat, with 14 Men, and 

 were themfelves at the very Point of periflring, tho' there 

 was no Wind, being only beaten by the dreadful Surge of 

 the Sea. This Road is in about 27 Degrees 50 Minutes 

 Latitude, Weft of the South-point of the Ifland of S. Ka- 

 tharine. To the Eaftward of the little Flowry Ifland, is a 

 Creek, in which there is very good Water, and little green 

 Oyfters, of a delicious Tafte. At our Return, we fell into 

 that little Creek, and two others more Northward, and 

 went into an abandoned Dwelling, where we loaded our 

 Yawl with fweet Oranges, Lemons, and large Limes* 

 Oppofite to this, near the Continent is a little Ifland, be- 

 hind which is a fmall Port, where the Governor of the 

 Ifland generally keeps a Bark for the Ufe of the Inhabi- 

 tants i but for the moft part it only ferves to carry on the 

 Trade of Dry'd Filli, which they fend to Lagoa and Rio 

 de Janeiro. ' 



The Portuguese, who had feen us pafs by with Engtifo 

 Colours at our Yawl, without landing at their Dwellings, 

 at our Return came to meet us in their Piragua's, to offer 

 us Refrefliments. We accepted of their Offers, and to 

 oblige them, gave them Brandy, a Liquor they are very 

 fond of, tho' they generally drink nothing but Water. At 

 length, we got to our Ship about Midnight, where we 



found 



