[166] Convents occupy almost one-third part of the walled city.—Rizal.
[167] The walls did not even have any moats then; these were dug after the English invasion of 1762. The walls were also rearranged at that time, and perfected with the lapse of time and the needs that arose in the city.—Rizal.
[168] Rizal misprints al cabo del lienço as al campo del lienzo.
[169] Now [1890] the gates of the city are open all night, and in certain periods, passage along the streets and through the walls is allowed at all hours.—Rizal.
[170] This powder-mill has several times changed its site. It was afterward near Maalat on the seashore, and then was moved to Nagtahá, on the bank of the Pasig.—Rizal.
[171] Probably on the same site where the great Tagál cannon-foundry had formerly stood, which was burned and destroyed by the Spaniards at their first arrival in Manila. San Agustin declares the Tagál foundry to have been as large as that at Málaga.—Rizal.
[172] The Rizal edition omits the words, muy grande y autorizada, capilla aparte, camara del sello real.
[173] The treasury building. The governor's palace was destroyed in 1863.—Rizal.
[174] The Audiencia and cabildo buildings were also destroyed, but the latter has been rebuilt.—Rizal.
[175] The Rizal edition misprints sacristan as sacristías.