[239] Poles.
[240] Rare—wonderful: this pearl was found at Santa Margarita; weighed two hundred and fifty carats, and was valued at thirty thousand pounds. Tavernier purchased one at Katifa, in Arabia, for upwards of one hundred thousand pounds. The Ceylon pearls are most valued in England.
[241] Imbargo—embargo: laying on an embargo, means issuing an order to prevent the sailing of vessels.
[242] Oxenham? See page 209.
[243] Mound or hillock.
[244] Pier?
Transcriber’s Note:
Footnote 128: “off Sir Christopher, in 1667,” changed to read “off St. Christopher, in 1667,”. St. Christopher was an island during that period, now Saint Kitts.
Obvious printer errors corrected silently.