[7] Cantaro (from Latin, cantharus): the name of a large earthen or metal receptacle for liquids, hence for the amount contained in it; also, a measure for wine, varying in different parts of Spain. The cantaro (or alquiére) of Portugal is equivalent to nearly 2 1/5 or 3 1/3 U. S. gallons in Lisbon and Oporto respectively.
[8] Referring to the cultivation of their rice, usually in fields more or less under water.
[10] These were Dominicans and Franciscans (Vol. IX, pp. 161, 172). One of the latter was named Gregorio da Cruz; a letter from him to Dasmariñas may be found in Vol. IX, p. 197. Huerta, however, says (Estado, pp. 672, 673) that the early Franciscan missions lasted only from 1583 to 1586, and were not resumed until the year 1700.
[11] See Morga's account of this expedition and its results, in Vol. XV, pp. 78-89, 130-160, 187-190. Cf. letters sent from Manila to Camboja, and papers connected with the embassy sent to Dasmariñas, in Vol. IX, pp. 76-78, 86, 87, 161-180.
[12] The island (and group) of Lubang, southwest of Manila; a dependency formerly of the province of Cavite, but now of Marinduque.
[13] Pulo Obi--that is, Obi Island; it lies near Cape Camâo (sometimes called Cambodia), the southernmost point of Cochinchina.
[14] It is difficult to identify this town with exactness, but it is probably the same as the modern Pnom-penh (Panomping) on the great river Me-khong (also called Cambodia). The usurper of Langara's throne was Anacaparan (see Morga's account, in Vol. XV).
[15] That is, the usurper Anacaparan. According to Morga, he resided at Sistor, which probably was the modern Udong.
[16] Tiuman (Timoan, Timun) Island is off the eastern coast of the Malay peninsula; it is about ten miles long and five broad, and is a mass of rock, rising into heights of 2,000 to 3,000 feet.
[17] Pedro de Ledesma, although an old man when he came to the islands, lived until 1625, after having filled several offices in his order--mainly at Manila, where he died. He brought seven missionaries with him (1596).
[18] For meaning of this title, see Vol. XV, p. 88.
[19] See Morga's account of this expedition (Vol. XV, pp. 160-168). Another relation (unsigned) is presented in a MS. document conserved in the Archivo general de Indias, with the pressmark: "Simancas-Secular; Cartas y expedientes del gobernador de Filipinas; años 1600 á 1628; est. 67, caj. 6, leg. 7."