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aboard to fee me, to whom I returned <599- 
Thanks for his Civilities ; and indeed I 
found much Refpe£l, not only from this 
Gentleman, but from all of that Nation 
both here and in other Places, who were 
ready to ferve me on, all Occafions. The 
Place that we anchored in was about two 
Miles from tlie Harbour where the Ships 
generally ride; but the Fear I had left 
my People fhould run away with the Ship 
made me hailen to get a Licence from the 
Governor, to run up into the Harbour, 
and ride among their Ships, clofe by one 
of their Forts. So on the 25th of March 
about 10 a Clock in the Morning the Tide 
ferving I went thither, being Piloted by 
the Super-intendant there, whofe Bufinefs 
it is to carry up all the King of PortugaPs 
Ships that come hither , and to fee them 
well moored. He brought us to an An- 
chor right againft the Town, at the outer 
part of the Harbour, which was then full 
of Ships, within 1 50 yards of a fmall 
Fort that ftands on a Rock half a mile from 
the Shore. See a ProfpeQ; of the Harbour 
and the Town, as it appear’d to us while 
we lay at Anchor, [Table III. N®. 5.] 
Bahia de todos los Santos lies in Lat. 15 
deg. S. It is the moft confiderable Towri 
in Brazil^ whether in refpeH of the Beauty 
of its Buildings, its Bulk, or its Trade and 
Revenue. It has the convenience of a 
F good 
