The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 316 pages of information about The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 316 pages of information about The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55.

Four grapnels, three arrobas each,
xii arrobas

Twelve French saws, xii

Four frame-saws, iiii

Six hand-saws, vi

    Two grindstones, ii

    Five hundred pieces of cloths from Teguintepeq
    for sails, d

    One hundred quintals of tar, c

    Fifty quintals of pitch, l

    For sallotes ropes which are necessary, four pieces
    of one hundred and fifty brazas each, to weigh
    three quintals apiece, xii quintals

    Four hawsers of one hundred brazas each, to weigh
    four quintals apiece, xvi

    Two workmen, oar makers, to make oars from the wood
    hereabout, ii

    Two hundred pulleys; with both eyes and sheaves, cc

    One hundred quintals of grease, c

    Two hundred sheep-skins with the wool on, cc

    All this cordage to be agave and hemp.

    Also two anvils of two arrobas each, ii

    Also two small ones from six to seven pounds, ii

    One anvil, i

    Two screws for filing, ii

    A half-dozen boys for ironworking, vi

    Three or four bellows-pipes for forges, iiii

    One hundred heavy coats of mail, c

    The powder and fuse which have been asked for,

    Likewise three or four pairs more of bellows are
    asked for, iiii

    Twelve more negroes, xii

    Two hundred more iron axes shod in Mexico, cc

    Two hundred mattocks, cc

    One hundred more pieces of Tequantepeque [Tehuantepec]
    and Venetian canvas, c

    One pair of large fishing-nets which may come in the
    hogsheads mentioned above, ii

    Ear-rings, glassware, and fine coral,

    The coins and bars of silver, just as they have been
    asked for,

    The caldrons of pitch, because those that were made
    in Mexico were worthless,

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