the South -Sea. 2p: 



according to the Obfervations taken nOlinda and Cayenne, 

 there muft be fix Degrees Error to the Eaft. 



The next Day after we had made Land, being Sunday 

 in the Morning, we faw a fmall VefTel of two Marts, which 

 feemM to ftand as we did S. W. After having lain by a 

 littler, he ftood about dire&ly upon us, bearing up clofe 

 to the Wind, with only the Main Courfe. This extraor- 

 dinary working, made us take him for aPyrate; and the 

 rather, becaufe he feem'd to be Englifh built we put up 

 our Fights, and expe&ed him with our Arms in our Hands. 

 When lie was within Cannon Shot, we put up French 

 Colours, and he immediately anfwer'd with Portuguese, 

 ftill lying as clofe upon the Wind as he could. We could 

 never know what to think of it,* for when we came to 

 Bahia de todos os Santos, they aflured us, that no Ship had 

 lail'd from thence in a long time. 



We held our Courfe towards the Land, on which many 

 white Spots appear'd ; then ftood off at Night, and yet 

 when it was Day found ourfelves within a League of the 

 Coaft, the Sea running high, the Wind in Gufts, and the 

 Rain pouring, which made us fear, becaufe the Coaft is 

 foul. 



That ibul Weather obliged us to ftand out to Sea, to 

 expeft fome more favourable to make the Bay, and to the 

 Southward againft the Currents, which fet us to the N. E. . 

 as is obferv'd in the Grand Flambeau de Mer, at this Sea- 

 fon of the Year ; that is, from March till Sept ember 3 during 

 which time the S. E. and S. S. E. Winds alfo prevail ; fo 

 that Ships muft keep to the Southward as is there difcreet- 

 ly advifed. 



At length, on the 2 5th of April, we difcovered Pr^Prayade 

 de Zumba y a Place very eafy to be known by an infinite Zumba. 

 Number of white Spots, which look like Linnen hung out 

 to dry, as far as within 2 or 3 Leagues of Cape S. Anthony. 

 The Interval Bahia de todos os Santos makes between that 

 Cape, and the lfle of Taporica, makes it 109k discontinued, 



when 



