50 Bahia Harbour and Forts. 
An. 1 good Harbour that is capable of receiving 
Ships of the greateft Burthen : The En- 
trance of which is guarded with a llrong 
Fort ftanding without the Harbour, call’d 
St. Antonio: A Sight of which I have gi- 
ven [Table III. 4-] as it appear’d to 
us the Afternoon before we came in ; and 
its Lights (^which they hang out purpofe- 
ly for Ships') we faw the fame Night. 
There are other fmaller Forts that com- 
mand the Harbour, oneofwhichftandson 
a Rock in the Sea, about half a mile from 
the Shore. Clofe by this Fort all Ships 
muft pafs that anchor here, and muft ride 
alfo within half a mile of it at fartheft 
between this and another Fort (thatftands 
on a Point at the inner part of the Har- 
bour and is called the Dutch Fort) but muft 
ride neareft to the former, all along againft 
the Town : where there is good holding 
Ground, and lefs expofed to the Southerly 
Winds that blow very hard here. They 
commonly fet in about Afril , but blow 
hardeft in May , '^une , "July and AuguH : 
but the Place where the Ships ride is ex- 
pofed to thefe Winds nor above 3 Points 
of the Com pafs. 
Befide thefe there is another Fort front- 
ing the Harbour, and ftanding on the Hill 
upon which the Town ftands. The 
Town it felf confifts of about 2000 Houfes ; 
the major part of which cannot be feen 
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