re erected a legua apart, to keep a lookout over the sea-coasts. A
public proclamation forbade any person to pass the bounds assigned,
four leguas distant from the seashore. With these precautions, if
Kue-sing's ships landed there, a great number of soldiers were quickly
assembled to dispute his entrance into the country--thus keeping
within bounds Kue-sing, who now did not encounter sleeping men."

[58] Referring to the bay whereon was situated the chief settlement
and fort of the Dutch in Formosa, that of Tai-wan, in the southwestern
part of the island.

[59] Apparently referring to the usual despatch of several copies of
a letter, to ensure its safe receipt. The form of this summary would
indicate that it is made by Ventura del Arco; and it is followed by
a tracing of Salcedo's autograph.

[60] Either this date or the date 1665 (see post, p. 266) is doubtless
a transcriber's error.

[61] I Corinthians, vii, 20.

[62] Alcalde de monterilla: An ironical and descriptive qualification
of petty judges (Dominguez's Diccionario).

[63] As appears from a note by Mas, the alcaldes paid a certain sum
for the privilege of trading. Their salaries in 1840 were variously
for the sums of 300, 600, and 1,000 (one instance) pesos. The trading
privilege cost from 40 to 300 pesos.

[64] This is the famous philosophical treatise on political science,
which was published by Charles de Secondat, baron de la Brede de
Montesquieu, in 1748, and was the product of twenty years' work.

[65] Jeremy Bentham, the English jurist and philosopher who
lived in the years 1748-1832.

[66] Probably referring to La scienza della legislazione of Gaetano
Filangieri, the Italian jurist, who lived 1752-88. He was influenced
somewhat by Montesquieu.

[67] i.e., Of the Leyes de Indias.

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