The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 03 of 55 - 1569-1576 - Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Sho by Unknown
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_Medicines_: Some medicines for the sick and wounded.
_Lead_: Lead, both in bars and in sheets. _Gunners_: Gunners are much needed. _Pickaxes, shovels_: Pickaxes and crow's-foot shovels. _Kettles_: Large and small mess-kettles, for there are none. _Balances_: Two new balances, one of them small. _Weights and denominations_: Weights to weigh gold and silver, graduated from two to four _libras_. _Bells_: Small and large bells for churches. _Measures_: Measures of one _arroba_, half-_arroba, azumbre_ and _quartillo_. _Half-hanega_: Two half-_hanegas_, one _celemin_, and one half-_celemin_. [39] _Fishing-nets and fishermen_: Two fishing-nets and a couple of fishermen [_pescadores_], if they are to be found. _Stamps for the tithes_: Stamps for branding the tithes, for those which were sent are out of order; also a small anvil and hammers, for marking the fifths. [40] |
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