ago Town.
Of the inhabitants and their commodities.
Of the custard-apple, St. Jago Road.
Fogo.
CHAPTER 2.
The Author's deliberation on the sequel of his voyage, and departure from
St. Jago.
His course, and the winds, etc. in crossing the Line.
He stands away for the Bay of All-Saints in Brazil; and why.
His arrival on that coast and in the bay.
Of the several forts, the road, situation, town, and buildings of Bahia.
Of its Governor, ships and merchants; and commodities to and from Europe.
Claying of sugar.
The season for the European ships, and coir cables: of their Guinea trade
and of the coasting trade, and whale killing.
Of the inhabitants of Bahia; their carrying in hammocks: their
artificers, crane for goods, and negro slaves.
Of the country about Bahia, its soil and product.
Its timber-trees; the sapiera, vermiatico, commesserie, guitteba, serrie,
and mangroves.
The bastard-coco, its nuts and cables; and the silk-cotton-trees.
The Brazilian fruits, oranges, etc.
Of the soursops, cashews and jennipahs.
Of their peculiar fruits, arisahs, mericasahs, petangos, petumbos,
mungaroos, muckishaws, ingwas, otees, and musteran-de-ovas.
Of the palmberries, physick-nuts, mendibees, etc. and their roots and
herbs, etc.
Of their wildfowl, macaws, parrots, etc.
The yemma, carrion-crow and chattering-crow, bill-bird, curreso,
turtledove and wild pigeons; the jenetee, clocking-hen, crab-catcher,
galden, and black heron: the ducks, widgeon and teal; and ostriches to
the southward, and of the dunghill-fowls.
Of their cattle, horses, etc.
Leopards and tigers.
Of their serpents; the rattlesnake, small green snake.
Amphisbaena, small black and small grey snake; the great land-, and the
great watersnake; and of the water-dog.
Of their sea-fish and turtle; and of St. Paul's Town.
CHAPTER 3.
The Author's stay and business at Bahia: of the winds, and seasons of the
year there.
His departure for New Holland.
Cape Salvador.
The winds on the Brazilian coast; and Abrolho Shoal; fish and birds: the
shearwater bird, and cooking of sharks.
Excessive number of birds about a dead whale; of the pintado bird, and
the petrel, etc.
Of a bird that shows the Cape of Good Hope to be near: of the
sea-reckonings, and variations: and a table of all the variations
observed in this voyage.
Occurrences near the Cape; and the Author's passing by it.
Of the westerly winds beyond it: a storm, and its presages.
The Author's cou
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