the South-Sea. 303 



the Rofary, znddePilai this Lift for the Soldiers^ Corp? 

 Santo for poor People, and the Conception for Sailors. 



The great Trade that is drove at the Bay, for theCoun-7^ tir 

 try Commodities, makes the Inhabitants eafy. Every Eu r0 P e * 

 Year about March, there arrives a Fleet of about 20 Ships 

 from Lisbon, laden with Linnen and Woollen Cloths and 

 Stuffs, efpecially Serges, Perpetuanas, Bays, and Says,: 

 which the Women ufe for their Veils, inftead of black 

 Taffety, as the Women wear in Spain ; which FalJiion 

 they follow pretty near : The Ufe of that Stuff is a Piece, 

 of Modefty forced upon them by the King's Order, who 

 prohibits die wearing of Silk. The other faleable Com- 

 modities, are Stockings, Hats, Iron, Kitchen Furniture $ 

 but -above all, Bisket, Meal, Wine, Oil, Butter, Cheefe, 

 &c. The fame Ships, in Exchange, carry back Gold, Su- 

 gar, Tobacco, Wood for Dying, call'd Brafil Wood, Bal- 

 fam, Oil of Copayva, Hypecacuana, fome raw Hides, Q*c* 



The Town ftanding on a fteep Eminence, they have Machines: 

 ere&ed three Machines for carrying up, and letting down 

 of Goods to and from the Upper Town. Of thoie three, 

 one is at the Jefuiter, not only for the Publick, who pay for 

 the Ufe of it, but alfo for the Ufe of that Community, which 

 is certainly no Enemy to Trade. Thofe Machines confift 

 of two great Wheels, like Drums, which have one com- 

 mon Axle-Tree, over which is wound a Cable, made faft 

 to a Sledge or Cart, which is drawn up by Blacks, who 

 going in the Wheels, wind the Cable up the Spindle, and 

 to the end that the Sledge may meet with no Oppofition, 

 but come up eafily, it Aides along a boarded Way, reach- 

 ing from the Top of the Hill to the Bottom, being about 

 140 Fathoms in Length, and not 2$o } as is faid in Le 

 f lambeau de la Mer. 



Belides the Trade of European Commodities, the Por- Trade ; w 

 tugueze have another confiderable in Guinea* They carry GuiueL 

 thither Linnen Cloth, made in the Iflands of Cape Verde, 

 Glafs Beads, and other Trifles, and bring back Gold, Ivory 

 and Blacks to fell at Brafih 



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