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10-All whales have baleen which is used for women's bodies and for parasols and umbrellas which are in large numbers in these countries. A large quantity also goes to Europe. 11-We do not find these kinds of whales and are not yet known to fishermen. 12-The species of whales are explained in article 8 and nothing is done to conserve them. 13-At All Saints Bay, there are black people who eat the remains of the said whale, but in Rio de Janeiro no one wants it. 14-The fat melts in large tanks that we have in factories made explicitly for this. 15- The fishermen are mistices (mixed race), that is to say, people born of Portuguese and Indian women. There are also natural soldiers of the country who are great swimmers. 16-It is answered. 17-It is believed that the whales come from the South coast to seek the warmest climate but there are other people who assure that when they pass, they go to the South coast with their young which they take and according to that, these fish are in Europe in the North seeking the pole they will do the same thing to America seeking to approach the other. 18-This type of fishery was practiced a long time ago under the authority of the king who chartered it and apparently the Indians did not practice it due to lack of having the means to do it etc.

10-All whales have baleen which is used for women's bodies and for parasols and umbrellas which are in large numbers in these countries. A large quantity also goes to Europe. 11-We do not find these kinds of whales and are not yet known to fishermen. 12-The species of whales are explained in article 8 and nothing is done to conserve them. 13-At All Saints Bay, there are black people who eat the remains of the said whale, but in Rio de Janeiro no one wants it. 14-The fat melts in large tanks that we have in factories made explicitly for this. 15- The fishermen are mistices (mixed race), that is to say, people born of Portuguese and Indian women. There are also natural soldiers of the country who are great swimmers. 16-It is answered. 17-It is believed that the whales come from the South coast to seek the warmest climate but there are other people who assure that when they pass, they go to the South coast with their young which they take and according to that, these fish are in Europe in the North seeking the pole they will do the same thing to America seeking to approach the other. 18-This type of fishery was practiced a long time ago under the authority of the king who chartered it and apparently the Indians did not practice it due to lack of having the means to do it etc.

10-All whales have baleen which is used for women's bodies and for parasols and umbrellas which are in large numbers in these countries. A large quantity also goes to Europe. 11-We do not find these kinds of whales and are not yet known to fishermen. 12-The species of whales are explained in article 8 and nothing is done to conserve them. 13-At All Saints Bay, there are black people who eat the remains of the said whale, but in Rio de Janeiro no one wants it. 14-The fat melts in large tanks that we have in factories made explicitly for this. 15- The fishermen are mistices (mixed race), that is to say, people born of Portuguese and Indian women. There are also natural soldiers of the country who are great swimmers. 16-It is answered. 17-It is believed that the whales come from the South coast to seek the warmest climate but there are other people who assure that when they pass, they go to the South coast with their young which they take and according to that, these fish are in Europe in the North seeking the pole they will do the same thing to America seeking to approach the other. 18-This type of fishery was practiced a long time ago under the authority of the king who chartered it and apparently the Indians did not practice it due to lack of having the means to do it etc.

10-All whales have baleen which is used for women's bodies and for parasols and umbrellas which are in large numbers in these countries. A large quantity also goes to Europe. 11-We do not find these kinds of whales and are not yet known to fishermen. 12-The species of whales are explained in article 8 and nothing is done to conserve them. 13-At All Saints Bay, there are black people who eat the remains of the said whale, but in Rio de Janeiro no one wants it. 14-The fat melts in large tanks that we have in factories made explicitly for this. 15- The fishermen are mistices (mixed race), that is to say, people born of Portuguese and Indian women. There are also natural soldiers of the country who are great swimmers. 16-It is answered. 17-It is believed that the whales come from the South coast to seek the warmest climate but there are other people who assure that when they pass, they go to the South coast with their young which they take and according to that, these fish are in Europe in the North seeking the pole they will do the same thing to America seeking to approach the other. 18-This type of fishery was practiced a long time ago under the authority of the king who chartered it and apparently the Indians did not practice it due to lack of having the means to do it etc.

10-All whales have baleen which is used for women's bodies and for parasols and umbrellas which are in large numbers in these countries. A large quantity also goes to Europe. 11-We do not find these kinds of whales and are not yet known to fishermen. 12-The species of whales are explained in article 8 and nothing is done to conserve them. 13-At All Saints Bay, there are black people who eat the remains of the said whale, but in Rio de Janeiro no one wants it. 14-The fat melts in large tanks that we have in factories made explicitly for this. 15- The fishermen are mistices (mixed race), that is to say, people born of Portuguese and Indian women. There are also natural soldiers of the country who are great swimmers. 16-It is answered. 17-It is believed that the whales come from the South coast to seek the warmest climate but there are other people who assure that when they pass, they go to the South coast with their young which they take and according to that, these fish are in Europe in the North seeking the pole they will do the same thing to America seeking to approach the other. 18-This type of fishery was practiced a long time ago under the authority of the king who chartered it and apparently the Indians did not practice it due to lack of having the means to do it etc.

10-All whales have baleen which is used for women's bodies and for parasols and umbrellas which are in large numbers in these countries. A large quantity also goes to Europe. 11-We do not find these kinds of whales and are not yet known to fishermen. 12-The species of whales are explained in article 8 and nothing is done to conserve them. 13-At All Saints Bay, there are black people who eat the remains of the said whale, but in Rio de Janeiro no one wants it. 14-The fat melts in large tanks that we have in factories made explicitly for this. 15- The fishermen are mistices (mixed race), that is to say, people born of Portuguese and Indian women. There are also natural soldiers of the country who are great swimmers. 16-It is answered. 17-It is believed that the whales come from the South coast to seek the warmest climate but there are other people who assure that when they pass, they go to the South coast with their young which they take and according to that, these fish are in Europe in the North seeking the pole they will do the same thing to America seeking to approach the other. 18-This type of fishery was practiced a long time ago under the authority of the king who chartered it and apparently the Indians did not practice it due to lack of having the means to do it etc.

In Alexandria, 10 March 1723. From the Council of the Navy. The Council will find enclosed here with what I was able to gather concerning fishing along the coast of Egypt, and will see that there are no general or common fishing grounds, except in the lakes near Rossette and Damietta, about which I say nothing because they are amply and accurately described in the Cairo Memoir. There is nothing curious in this country, either in terms of birds or shells, except perhaps that [Continued in Levant (15)]

In Alexandria, 10 March 1723. From the Council of the Navy. The Council will find enclosed here with what I was able to gather concerning fishing along the coast of Egypt, and will see that there are no general or common fishing grounds, except in the lakes near Rossette and Damietta, about which I say nothing because they are amply and accurately described in the Cairo Memoir. There is nothing curious in this country, either in terms of birds or shells, except perhaps that [Continued in Levant (15)]

In Alexandria, 10 March 1723. From the Council of the Navy. The Council will find enclosed here with what I was able to gather concerning fishing along the coast of Egypt, and will see that there are no general or common fishing grounds, except in the lakes near Rossette and Damietta, about which I say nothing because they are amply and accurately described in the Cairo Memoir. There is nothing curious in this country, either in terms of birds or shells, except perhaps that [Continued in Levant (15)]