This work is dedicated " To the Illustrious, Most Wise and Prudent Lords, the Honorable Ruling Burgomasters of the far-famed commercial city of Amsterdam.

Why mourn about Brazil, full of base Portuguese? "NMicn Van der Donck shows so far much better fare ; Where wheat fills golden ears, and grapes abound in trees; Where fruit and kine are good with little care ; Men may mourn a loss, when vain would be their voice. But when their loss brings gain, they also may rejoice.

a Alb. Rec. vol. viii, 73.

b Holland Doc, No. .txv. It?.

c Hoii . p, .0. No, xii. 4 : No. xin, f} : No .\iv. -J.^ : No. xv, p. 44 ; No. xvi 43 ; No. xrii, 47 . Tr.is iioolv ti.M h.'fuivci-iitiv tnui'-liitud froiuiiie origiaiil ImtcU. by Vac lion. JfremwU JuUn^uu- Soe I vol. new son-.-.s N. Y. Ih^t. Soo.

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Tlicn, reader, if you vrill, go freely there to live, We name it JVttherland, tliougli this excels it far ; If you dislike the voyage, pray due atteutlon give. To Van der Donck; his book, which, as a leading star, Directs toward the laud where many people are, Where lowland, Love and Laws, all may freely share.

\_Evtrt jS'ieuiceiihof.'''

On the 24th July of the same year, we find him petitioning the Directors of the West India Company," for permission to search the records of t!".e colony, and also for leave to pursue the practice of his profession. The following appears in answer to it : --