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There zxz reckoned above 200 Pieces of Iron Cannot^ 

 and about 20 Brafs. Of the latter I faw none in the 

 Caftle, but a Culverin of 2 0 Pounds Ball, and 16 or 17 



Foot long. 



For the Guard of this Place, the King of Portugal gc- 

 Eerally allows 200 Men, but in a very different Manner 

 from thofe at Bahia detodos os Santos ; for he allows them fo 

 little Pay, that they are all poorly equip'd, and in a very 

 wretched Condition. In fhort, they are faicUto have only 

 7000 Reys a Year, that is, little above Fifty Shillings of 

 ©ur Money, being under Two Pence a Day; but in Cafe 

 of Need, there are in the Ifland 6000 Men able to bear 

 Arms, according to the Computation made fome Years 

 ago> when they met to oppofe Monffeur du Guay, who 

 appear'd before that Ifland, and afterwards took that of 

 S. George. 



Tho' the City of Angra be in the beft of the Iflands 

 Terceras, the Inhabitants thereof are Poor, becaufe they 

 have no- other Trade but that of Corn, and fome little 

 Wine, which is carry 'd to Lisbon^ which fcarce keeps them 

 in Cloaths^ fo that Money is very fcarce there. For this 

 Reafon it is perhaps, that they are more Courteous than 

 thofe of the Bay of All Saints -> but tho' Poverty humbles 

 Men in outward Appearance, it does not make them 

 the better; and therefore there muft be no Confidence 

 repofed in that fine Out-fide ; for fome European Portu- 

 gueze charge thefe with not having the fame always in their 

 Hearts which they utter'd by their Lips. 



The Scarcity of Money has not however obftru&ecf 

 their building a Town that is pretty enough. The Houfes 

 there are but one Story high, rarely two, and contrary to 

 CLmhn. *>ur% handfomer without, than well furnilh'd within. The 

 Churches are beautiful enough, built after a manner 

 that has fomewhat of Grandeur, by reafon of the raifed 

 Walks, Platforms, and Galleries, which lead to, and a* 

 dorn the Entrance a efpecially the Cathedral of the Invo- 



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