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44 dtfigns for Pernambuc : 
-f«.i 699 .Mind during this Vexatious Voyage ; 
wherein the Ignorance, and Obftinacy 
withal, of forae under me, occafion’d me 
a great deal of Tronble: tho’ they found 
all along, and were often forc’d to acknow- 
ledge it, that I was feldom out in my Con- 
jectures, when I told them ufually before- 
" hand what Winds, &c. we fhould meet 
with at fuch or fuch particular Places we 
fhould come at. ' 
Vernambuc was the Port that I defigned 
for at my firft fetting out from '^xgo ; it 
being a Place moft proper for my purpofe, 
by reafon of its Situation, lying near the 
Extremity of C. St. Augujline, the Eaftern- 
moft Promontory of Brazil ; by which 
means it not only enjoys the greater bene- 
fit of the Sea-breezes, and is confequently 
more healthy than other Places to the 
Southward, but is withal lefs fubjeCt to 
the Southerly Coafting-Trade- winds, that 
blow half the Year on this Shore ; which 
were now drawing on, and might be 
troubleforae to me : So that I might both 
hope to reach foonefl: Pernambuc^ as moft 
directly and neareft in my Run; and might 
thence alfo more eafily get away to the 
Southward than from Bahia de 'Todos los 
Santos^ or Ria Janeira. 
But notwithftanding thefe Advantages 
I propos’d to my felf in going to Pernambuc^ 
I was foon put by that Defign through the 
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