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The cliff is pierced with a multitude of caves, large and small, and their regular arches look as if the ejected matter, as happens with lava, had cooled and solidified above, while still flowing out in a fiery torrent below. Mostly, however, they are the work of wind and water. Then comes the old Gurgulho Fort a dwarf square, partly thatched and converted into a private dwelling.
Tunny-fishing, wine-making, and sugar-boiling have made it, from a 'miserable place, a wealthy townlet whose tall white houses would not disgrace a city; two manufactories show their craft by heaps of bagasse, or trash; and the deep shingly bay, defended by a gurgulho of basaltic pillars, is covered with piscator's gear and with gaily painted green boats.
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