The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 52, 1841-1898 / 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, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century

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VOLUME XIII

P. 68, line 10: For “cane” read “bamboo.”

P. 96, line 6 from end of text: The hard polished outer surface of the bamboo joint is also often used for writing; some interesting specimens of this sort are in the possession of Edward E. Ayer, Chicago.

P. 248, line 8 from end: For “third” read “second.”

P. 257, note, line 2 from end: For “Spain” read “Nueva España.”

VOLUME XIV

P. 37, middle: Add to list of signatures “The licentiate Andres de Alcaraz.”

P. 143, middle: The ordinary naval ration furnished on the royal ships which plied between Manila and Acapulco was prescribed as follows in Arandía’s Ordenanzas de Marina (Manila, 1757), p. 61: “On days when meat is eaten—Biscuit, 18 onzas; jerked beef, 6 onzas; fried pork, 3 onzas; salt, ½ onza; vinegar, for ten persons, ¼ onza; firewood, 2 libras. On days when fish is prescribed—Biscuit, 18 onzas; pottage or soup of vegetables [miniestras], 3 onzas; pork fat [manteca], 1 onza; salt fish, 6 onzas; salt, vinegar, and firewood, as on the other days. For each ration, four quartillos [about 2 1–6 quarts] are reckoned—one for cooking the ration, and three for drinking.”

P. 197, line 3: For “Biebengud” read “Bienbengud.”