A Voyage to 



During that Time, I employ'd myfelf in feeing the' 

 City, and the Parts about it, as far as was in my Power, 

 notwithftanding the almoft continual Rains, intermix'd at 

 Intervals with fcorching Heats* Thofe Inconveniences, 

 together with our fltortftay 3 would not permit me to take 

 fo exa& a Plan as I could have wiih'd. However, I can give 

 it as a very good Idea, differing but little from the Truth 

 in what is effential. Befides, it would have been no Ad- 

 vantage to me, if we had ftay'd long there ; fome indif- 

 creet Perfons of our Squadron having made me known to 

 the Portuguese Officers for an Engineer, it was not proper 

 for me to expofe myfelf to fome Affront in a Place, where 

 the Memory of the Expedition to Rio de Janeiro, ftill frefh, 

 render' d our Nation fufpe&ed. In fliort, they had dou- 

 bled the Guards everywhere, and even ere&ed new Corps 

 de Garde, becaufe there were already five French Ships in 

 the Road, among which were two of Force, the one of 

 50, and the other of 70 Guns- 



The Defcription of the City of S. Salvador, or S. Sa- 

 viour, the Capital of Brafil. 



TH E Town which our Charts call S. Salvador, or 

 S. Saviour, is in the Language of the Country 

 plainly call'd Cidade da Bahia, the City of the Bay. It is 

 in about 12 Degrees 45 Minutes of South Latitude, on 

 an Eminence of about 100 Fathoms, form'd by the Eaft- 

 fide of the Bay of all Saints. The Accefs to it is fo dif- 

 ficult, by reafon of its great Steepnefs, that they have been 

 forced to have recourfe to Machines for carrying up, and 

 letting down of Goods from the Town to the Port. 



The Plan of the Upper Town is as regularly drawn-, as 

 the Unevennefs of the Mountainous Soil would permit; 

 but tho' the Streets there are Straight, and of a good 

 Breadth, mod of them have fo fteep a Defcent, that they 



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