already dispatched, (which was not found sufficient against such a united body of Portuguese rebels,) a competent and combined military force be voted anew by the State, and conveyed to Brazil with ships, ammunition and other necessaries, not only to recover and clear our frontiers, but also to prosecute further designs either against Bahia, as the chief seat of the war and of the piratical practices of the Portuguese, or elsewhere. Tiie Company, once relieved by these means, of its treacherous neighbors, could disembarrass itself of the onerous charge of the military, and of the support of several fortresses; the freemen would be induced to establish themselves peaceably in said conquests, without fearing to be again stripped of their plantations (ingenhos) and goods, and by the increase of population and agriculture, the Company would be at once set on its legs. Short of this, we see no remedy for the reparation of the damages the Company has already suffered, except by indemnifying ourselves with the enemy's full and flourishing plantations fwio-e^jAosJ and lands; inasmuch as it is to be feared that our entire and wasted district, if not soon redressed, will not supply as much produce and revenue as will equal the Company's expenses. Respecting Angola: it must be borne in mind that our people do no not fare much better there than in Brazil, inasmuch as we are advised by the latest letters, dated last May, that the Portuguese in the interiorhaving received a great accession of force, had, after a victory obtained over the Queen Donna Anna Ciuga, united with some tribes of Blacks, to drive our people wholly from that country. Our folks in Loando are too weak to act in company with them ;and are very poorly supplied with provisions, and especially munitions of war, none of which has been now sent them for over a year.