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BAHIA

Volume 3 · 138 words · 1815 Edition

DE TODOS LOS SANTOS, a province of Brazil in South America, belonging to the Portuguese, and the richest in the whole country; but unhappily the air and climate do not correspond with other natural advantages; yet so fertile is the province in sugar and other commercial articles, that the Portuguese flock hither not only as it is the seat of affluence, but also of pleasure and grandeur. The capital, called St Salvador, or Ciudad de Bahia, is populous, magnificent, and beyond comparison the most gay and opulent city in Brazil. It stands on a bay in S. Lat. 12. 11. is strong by nature, well fortified, and always defended by a numerous garrison. It contains 12,000 or 14,000 Portuguese, and about three times as many negroes, besides people of different nations who choose to reside in that city.