_Boundaries--extent--climate--discoverers of its mines-- mountains--rivers--mineralogy--zoology--phytology--exports --comarcas and towns.--Comarca of Villa Rica--limits-- mountains--rivers--capital--povoaçoes.--Comarca of Rio das Mortes--limits--mountains--rivers--povoaçoes.--Comarca of Sabara--limits--mountains--rivers--lakes--povoaçoes.--Comarca of Serro Frio--limits--rich in diamonds--mountains--rivers --povoaçoes.--Diamond district--Tijuco--seat of diamond junta_ 258 CHAP. XIII. PROVINCE OF ESPIRITO SANTO. _Extent--boundaries--misfortunes of its donatories--spirited resistance of the Indians--partial cultivation--principally possessed by Indians--mountains--mineralogy--zoology--descents of Indians to the coast--phytology--rivers and ports-- povoaçoes.--Island of Ascension_ 288 CHAP. XIV. PROVINCE OF PORTO SEGURO. _Boundaries--prosperity of its first donatory--reversion to the crown in a bad state--present partial cultivation-- Indians--mountains--mineralogy--zoology--phytology--rivers, lakes, and ports--povoaçoes--abrolhos_ 297 CHAP. XV. PROVINCE OF BAHIA. _Boundaries--Caramuru--first donatory--cruel war of the Indians--the capitania forsaken--return of the donatory-- shipwreck--slaughter of all but Caramuru--governor-general --foundation of St. Salvador.--Comarca of the Ilheos-- originally a capitania--extent--fertility--mountains-- mineralogy--phytology--zoology--rivers and lakes--povoaçoes. --Comarca of Jacobina--extent--mineralogy--mountains--rivers --phytology--zoology--povoaçoes.--Comarca of Bahia--extent-- mountains--mineralogy--phytology--zoology--islands--rivers-- povoaçoes.--St. Salvador--churches and convents--public buildings--Sepulchre of Caramuru’s wife--negroes--commerce-- produce--exports in 1817 and 1818--state of society--adoption of a new constitution_ 309 CHAP. XVI. PROVINCE OF SEREGIPE D’EL REY. _Colonization--reduction of the Indians--extent--mountains-- rivers and lakes--mineralogy--zoology--phytology--povoaçoes_ 347 CHAP. XVII. PROVINCE OF PERNAMBUCO.