[31] A mistake for "Gonzalo;" Father Salazar commits the error again,
as will be seen farther on.--_Retana_.

[32] The word "taels" is Retana's conjecture; but it is possible that
the doubtful word was _joyas_ ("ornaments"). From the context, it is
more probably _quintos_ ("fifths"), indicating that the royal officials
attempted to exact from the Indians the "king's fifth" on all their
possessions of gold, as well as on that newly dug from the ground.

[33] That is, as no longer in circulation (Span., _por perdido_). The
reference is to the native custom mentioned by Sande in his report of
1577 (see _Vol_ IV of this series, p. 99). Speaking of the best grade
of gold used by the Moros, he says: "From this is made the jewelry
which they inherit from their ancestors, with which they never part."

[34] A term originally applied to the gold or silver wristlets and
anklets worn by Moorish women.

[35] In the form of promissory notes, such as always have been so
much used and abused in the Philippines.--_Retana_.

[36] Span., _perlados_; so in Retana's text, but from the context there
is apparently some error in this--perhaps a copyist's conjecture for
some illegible word.

[37] This man was notary of the expedition sent to Borneo and Mindanao
by Francisco de Sande under command of Gabriel de Rivera. See _ante_,
_Vol_. IV, p. 273.

[38] Fray Santa Inés says (_Crónica,_ i, p. 16) that the use of