one of the Cape de Verd islands, lying in the Atlantic Ocean, near 300 miles from Cape Verd in Africa, about 17 miles in circumference. The soil in general is very barren, and water scarce; however, they have some corn, yams, potatoes, and plantains, with plenty of beves, goats, and asses. What trees there are, grow on the sides of the hills, and they have some figs and water-melons. The sea round about the island abounds with fish. The chief commodity is salt, with which many English ships are loaded in the summer-time. The principal town is Pinola, inhabited by negroes, who speak the Portuguese language, and are stout, lusty, and fleshy. They are not above 200 in number, and many of them go quite naked. W. Long. 21. 25. N. Lat. 15. 5.

a county of Ireland, in the province of Connaught, 62 miles in length, and 52 in breadth, bounded on the east and north-east by Roscommon, by Sligo on the west, by the sea on the north, and by Galway on the south. The air is moist and cold, especially upon the mountains, where also the soil is poor and coarse; but in other parts the pasture is good, with herds of cattle and deer, &c. In this county is a fresh-water lake called Lough neagh, about 11 miles long, and five broad, abounding with fish, particularly salmon. Hereabouts were formerly seated the Galloglasses, a people descended from the Scots of the western isles, who used to fight in coats of mail with two-edged battle-axes. The principal town is also called Mayo, which was formerly a bishop's see; but the bishopric has since been annexed to Tuam. It is now much decayed, but gives the title of vicount to the family of Bourke. W. Long. 9. 39. N. Lat. 53. 40.