The Road without, is used by the _Portugueze_, when they are nigh sailing for _Europe_, and wait for the Convoy, or are bound to _Bahia_ to them, and by Strangers only when Necessity compels; the best of it is in ten Fathom Water, near three Miles W. N. W. from the Town; nigher in, is foul with the many Anchors lost there by the _Portugueze_ Ships; and farther out (in 14 Fathom) corally and Rocky. _July_ is the worst and Winter Season of this Coast, the Trade Winds being then very strong and dead, bringing in a prodigious and unsafe Swell into the Road, intermixed every Day with Squalls, Rain, and a hazey Horizon, but at other times serener Skies and Sunshine. In these Southern Latitudes is a Constellation, which from some Resemblance it bears to a _Jerusalem_ Cross, has the Name of _Crosiers_, the brightest of this Hemisphere, and are observed by, as the North Star is in Northern Latitudes; but what I mention this for, is, to introduce the admirable Phænomenon in these Seas of the Megellanick Clouds, whose Risings and Sittings are so regular, that I have been assured, the same Nocturnal Observations are made by them as by the Stars; They are two Clouds, small and whitish, no larger in Appearance than a Man's Hat, and are seen here in _July_ in the Latitude of 8° S. about four of the Clock in the Morning; if their Appearance should be said to be the Reflection of Light, from some Stellary Bodies above them, yet the Difficulty is not easily answered, how these, beyond others, become so durable and regular in their Motions. From these casual Observations on the Country, the Towns, Coast, and Seas of _Brasil_, it would be an Omission to leave the Subject, without some Essay on an interloping Slave Trade here, which none of our Countrymen are adventurous enough to pursue, though it very probably, under a prudent Manager, would be attended with Safety and very great Profit; and I admire the more it is not struck at, because Ships from the Southern Coast of _Africa_, don't lengthen the Voyage to the _West-Indies_ a great deal, by taking a Part of _Brasil_ in their Way.