the South-Sea. 



Sand and Owze, mix'd with fome few Shells, and about a 

 good Cable's Length from the Land. Then Fort S. Sfc 

 iafiian bore from us S. W. and by W. that of S. Anthony 

 N. and by E, we rode there only by a fmall Stream An- 

 chor, becaufe there the Tide is very fmall. They fay the 

 Ebb begins at the Rifing of the Moon, and fets S. E. and 

 the Flood N. W. There a Ship is near the City Gate,, 

 where the Key and the Watering-Place are, 



The Defcription of the City of A N G R A. 



HP HE City of Angra is feated on the Edge of the Sea, **** 



about the middle of the South-fide of the Ifland ^ XVI] ^ 

 c Tercera J at the Bottom of a fmall Bay, form'd by a very 

 high Point of Land, call'd Monto de Brafil, or the Mount 

 of Brafil. 



I call that little and bad Port a Bay, being open from the 

 Eaft to the S. W. not above 4 Cables long in Breadth, and 

 perhaps not two of good Bottom, where Ships cannot ride 

 in Safety any longer than in the fair Summer Weather^ 

 becaufe then only gentle Winds prevail, from the Weft 

 to the N. N. W. but as foon as the Winter begins, there 

 are fuch violent Storms, that the fliorteft way for Men to 

 fave their Lives, is to fail as foon as ever they fee the leaft 

 ill Tokens in the Air. The Inhabitants, by long Expe- 

 rience, are feldom miftaken j for then the high Mountain 

 is cover'd and grows dark, and the Birds for fome Days 

 before come and cry about the City, as k were to* give 

 them Notice. 



Thofe Mariners, who are obliged to ftay in the Road,' 

 being detained on Account of Trade, forfake their Ships, 

 or elfe bring fmall VeiTels afliore, at the Foot of Fort 

 S. Sebaftian^ and all of them ftay in the Town, till the 

 Storm is over. A fatal Experience has Ihewn that they were* 

 in the Right. In September 1 7 1 j, feven Sail perifli'd there, shared] 

 being drove afliore > and not one Man of ^11 thekCrews was 

 &ved» / 



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