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on every fide, flank'd after the ancient Mariner, with a 

 Half-Tower in the middle of each fide. Thence is a 

 Profpedt of the whole City, from above; an agreeable 

 Gompofition of Land, Sea, Structures and Verdure, making 

 up a pretty Landskip, and a very pleafing Objcft to the % 

 Eye. 



In other Refpe£ts, there is not about the Town, next 

 the Country, any Enclofure, or detach'd Fortification ; 

 and yet it might be come at by Land, debarking at Porta 

 Judeo, or S. Martin, which are two or three Leagues 

 from thence, £aft and Weft, where there is good An* 

 chorag^ and little Defence : But it is fo little Advantage 

 to the Itmgof Portugal to have thofe Iflands, that I do 

 not think any ought to envy him the Poffeffion thereof, 

 for he receives nothing thence that may recommend them, 

 except a little Corn. There are Abundance of thofe 

 call'd Canary Birds, which are fmaller than thofe bred in 

 France ; but on the other hand they exceed them much in 

 ftrength of Voice, 



Departure from the I/land Tercera. 



HAving furnifli'd ourfelves with Water, Wood, Meal, 

 Wine, fome Beeves, Fowls, and Greens, we faiTd 

 on Wednejday the 15th of July. 

 $ .Michael'/ The 2oxh we had fig | ]t of t j ie jfl anc j 0 f 5. Michael, 



/J which appear'd to us at S. E. as it were divided into two 



Iflands, in the midft whereof were feveral little Hills, 

 which might have been taken for little Mes, had not we 

 known that they were join'd by a low Land, which is. 

 loft at four Leagues Diftance., by which that Ifland is par- 

 ticularly to be known on the North-fide. 



The 19th at Night, we had the Eaft Point of it, bear- 

 ing South from us about twelve Leagues diftant, and 

 flood to the Eaftward during the Night, without appre- 

 hending 



