the South-Sea. 



cation of S. Saviour* The fineft next to it are thofe of 

 the Franciscans and the Jefuites, whofe Houfe appears 

 fronting the Road, above all the other Buildings in the 

 Town> to be known by that, as in all other Places, viz, 

 by the good Choice of the advantageous Situation that So- 

 ciety is always fare to make for itfelf. There are two 

 other Monafteries of lefs Note; that of the Augujlins^ 

 call'd Nojfa Senhora daGraca, or our Lady of Grace; ancjt 

 that of the Recolets, by them alfo call'd Capucins, feated 

 on an Eminence without the Town. Thefe, who are 

 commendable for their good Behaviour, live in a fine 

 Pla.ce, and an agreeable Poverty, under the Protection of 

 their Patron S. Anthony, who among the Portugueze an- 

 fwers to S. Francis among the Spaniards in Peru, and S* 

 Patrick among the Irijh. 



Anfwerable to the Four Monafteries of Men, there 

 are Four of Nuns, one of the Conception, an Order 

 brought from "Toledo ; one of Poor Clares, under the In- 

 vocation of Nojfa Senhora da Efperanfa, or, our Lady of 

 Hope; one of S. Gonzalo, and the fourth of Capuciu 

 Nuns. 



I do not take Notice of many Chappels, which they 

 call Hermitas, or Hermitages. They may be feen in the 

 Plan. » 



Tho' the City is not upon a Level Plain, nor very 

 regularly divided, it is neverthelefs very agreeable ; they 

 have there the Conveniency of feveral good Fountains, di- 

 ftributed into every Quarter, and a Brook running through 

 the middle of the City, to drive the necelfary Mills for 

 publick Ufe. 



Near thofe Mills, which are moft of them above the 

 City, is an ancient little Fort, call'd by reafon of its 

 Neighbourhood Forte dos Molinhos, .or the Fort of the 

 Mills, and fometimes Caza da Pohora, or the Powder- 

 Houfe, becaufe it now ferves for a Magazine of Pow- 

 der. It is a fquarePile of Stone : Work of 15 Fathoms 



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