one of the Cape de Verde islands on the coast of Africa, remarkable for its excellent wines, and inhabited by Portuguese. The land is very high, and consists of mountains which look like pyramids. It abounds in Indian corn, gourds, water-melons, potatoes, horses, asses, and hogs. There is also plenty of fish on the coast, and the island produces salt-petre. W. Long. 25. 35. N. Lat. 14. 0.

a town of Africa, on the coast of Ajun, with a pretty good harbour. It is an independent place, and is about 80 miles distant from Magadozo. E. Long. 41. 35. N. Lat. 1. 0.