; _Caryota onusta_--Bl.),
also known as _negro cabo_ ("black head"). The leaf yields fibers
that are long, black, and very strong; the cordage made from them is
very durable, resisting even salt water. This is evidently the product
elsewhere mentioned as "black cordage." See _U.S. Gazetteer_, p. 72;
Blanco's _Flora_, p. 511. Concerning the abaca, see _Vol_. III, p. 263.
[50] That is, the natives were drafted from their respective villages
for public works--nominally for wages paid them, but in reality,
as this document alone would show, kept in a condition of practical
slavery. Cf. the royal decree of May 26, 1609 (_Vol_. XVII, p. 79),
regulating the services of the Indians.
[51] _Habas_: a species of bean. _Garbanzos_: see _Vol_. XII, p. 88,
note 17.
[52] _Gerguetas_, for _jerguetas_: a coarse frieze or other coarse
cloth.
[53] Our transcript reads at this point: "_quedaron en la ciudad
de manila y puerto de cabite siete galeones los seis el uno de los
quales._" We omit translation of the words "_los seis_," "the six,"
as being apparently a _lapsus calami_.
[54] See description of this naval contest _ante_, p. 37.
[55] See _Vol_. XVI, p. 272, _note_.
[56] The prebends of Spanish cathedrals directly above the prebends
of canonries; or, the incumbents thereof.
[57] The racionero and medio racionero are prebendaries of Spanish
cathedrals, ranking in the order named.
[58] The fourth vow of the Jesuits binds to implicit obedience in going
wherever the pope orders them to go for the salvation of souls.
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