It could furnish plenty of room for all the ships in the world, but it is shoal.
The lead has given us 3 1/2 fathoms several times and we are drawing that, lacking 6 inches.
A bold headland--precipitous wall, 150 feet high, very strong, red color, stretching a mile or so.

A man said it was Portuguese blood--battle fought here with the natives last year.

I think this doubtful.

Pretty cluster of houses on the tableland above the red-and rolling stretches of grass and groups of trees, like England.
The Portuguese have the railroad (one passenger train a day) to the border--70 miles--then the Netherlands Company have it.

Thousands of tons of freight on the shore--no cover.