^2 Nafwes of St Jago. 
’yfn.i 699.(0 that here is good Watering and good 
Landing at any time; tho’ the Road be 
rocky and bad for Ships. Juft by the 
Landing-place there is a fmall Fort, almoft 
level with the Sea, where is always a 
Court of Guard kept. On the top of the 
Hill, above the Town , there is another 
Fort ; which^ by the Wall that is to be 
feen from the Road, feems to be a large 
Place. They have Canon mounted there, 
but how many I know not : Neither what 
ufe that Fort can be of, except it be for Sa- 
lutes. The Town may confift of 2 or 500 
Houfes, all built of rough Stone ; having 
alfo one Convent, and one Church. 
The People in general are black, or at 
leaft of a mixt colour , except only fome 
few of the better fort, viz., the Governor, 
the Bifhop, fome Gentlemen, and fome of 
the Padres ; for fome of thefe alfo are black. 
The People about Praja are Thievifh ; but 
thefe of 6V. Jago-Town, living under their 
Governour’s Eye , are more orderly ; tho’ 
generally poor , having little Trade : Yet 
befides chance Ships of other Nations , 
there come hither a Portuguefe Ship or two 
every Year, in their way to Brazil. Thefe 
vend among them a few European Com- 
modies, and take of their principal Manu- 
faflures, viz. ftriped Cotton-cloth, which 
they carry with them to Brazil. Here is 
alfo another Ship comes hither from Por- 
