The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803; 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, commericial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenth century; [Vol. 1, no. 55]

904 THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS [Spices
SPICES (continued) -
20, 6o, 27, 313; trees and cloves destroyed to keep up price, 42, 125; cultivation
ordered, 23, 29. MethOd of weighing, I8, 141; lose wt. on drying, 34, 49. Captured, 16, 56, 31, 251; Serrao owns, 33, 259; Port. abandon, 34, 41, 43, 63;
heathens neglect, 73; as present, 63, 35, 302; lost in "Trinidad," 159; Span.
leave at Tidore, 160; trib. paid in, 211; dividends paid in, 45, 49; used in making chocolate, 47, 273. TRADE, ETC.-traded in various places, and shipped, I,
266, 299, 305, 335, 337, 2, 229, 3, 169, 245, 4, 226, 6, 150, 276, 9, 115, II, 107 -109, 154, 14, Ix6, 15, 247, x6, 52, 184, 228, 253, 17, 144, 149, 176, 251, 18, IS,
90, 131, I4I, 151, I62, 163, 222, 223, 19, 59, x18, 119, 124, 141, 261, 263, 264, 276,
290, 292, 315, 3I8, 20, 213, 22, 69, 128, 23, 30-33, 42, 25, 52, 30, 37, 33, 107,
263, 34, 13, 23, 39, 49, 53, 55, 59, 179, 271, 399, 36, 104, 202, 38, 278, 279, 39,
57, 42, 124, 44, 257, 258, 267, 287, 45, 48, 70, 73, 84, 47, 271; trading posts for,
IS, 316, x6, 49; amts. shipped, 25, 52, 45, 73; how introduced into Europe, 27,
88; first, laden, celebrated by feast, 34, 49; Dutch desire trade in, II, 247; they
monopolize it, 14, 115; Humar promises, 34, 53, 55; ships lightened of, 67, 69;
costs and profits of trade, 12, 77, 19, 304, 45, 74, 75, 82. Samples sent to Card.
of Salzburg, I, 335.
Ginger-plant described, I, 335, 34, 65; a root, I, 335; where found and obtained, 265, 324, 328, 330, 335, 2, 72, 112, 198, 3, 179, 192, 6, 143, 8, 251, 9, 60,
15, III, x6, 97, 27, 96, 33, 133, 187, 205, 207, 231, 349, 34, 65, 69, 121; sown,
best, I, 335. Method of preparing for food, I6, 97; eaten green, 34, 65; preserved, I6, 179, 35, 151; essence, used in chocolate, 47, 274; as present, 33, 115.
TRADE-traded and shipped, 2, 227, 231, 3, 19, 31, 32, 179, 6, I40, 19, 317, 33,
107, 35, i51; introduced into N. Espaia, 3, 179, 34, i6, 196, 198, 207.
Mace-called muskat-flower, I, 305; Ger. name for, 334; described, 334, 34,
47; where found and obtained, 27, 94, 95, 34, 41, Ixx; used in theriacs, 44, 48;
traded and shipped, I, 305, 15, 317, 318, i6, 228, I8, 162, 163, 19, 303, 315, 318,
25, 52, 33, 107, 34, 179, 45, 48; trading station for, 15, 316; profits, 19, 304;
see also below, Nutmeg.
Nutmeg-called muskat, I, 305; called masatrella, x8, o08; tree described, x,
334, 34, 12, 45, 47; nutmeg (fruit) described, I, 334, 335, 34, 47; where found
and obtained, I, 331, 8, 108, 1 9, 282, 289, 20, 258, 21, 310, 22, 70, 27, 8i, 95,
xo6, 34, 41, 45, III, I54, 36, 201, 38, 273, 278, 42, 122, 47, 265, 48, 291, 314;
wild, 22, 70; as conserve, x6, 179, 27, 95; natives loth to cultivate, 38, 278;
used in theriacs, 44, 48; Port. reach land of, I, 26. Traded and shipped, I, 305,
6, 150, 150, 37, 318, 19, 290, 291, 303, 315, 3I8, 20, 21, 25, 52, 33, 107, 34, 179,
36, 202, 104, 45, 48; trading station for, 15, 316; profits, 19, 304; samples sent
to card. of Salzburg, I, 335.
Pepper-plant described, 3, 77, 34, 115, 164; round, 3, 277; Canarin, 27, 94;
large, 94; Amer. variety, 52, 328; leaf, effects of, 43, 151. Where found and
obtained, I, 305, 3, 58, 77, 207, 214, 298, 6, 143, 150, 15, 57, x8, 107, 27, 93,
94, 29, 303, 34, 15, 125, 164, 169, 224, 225, 36, 201, 38, 52, 45, 72, 47, 255,
265, 277, 49, 38; Port. reach land of, I, 26; Fil. regard only as curious, 2, 241
(see also Buyo); thrown overboard, 32, 270. Plants sent to N. E'spana, 3, 19, 32,
184, 277; traded and shipped, 3, 245, 4, 65, 145, 7, 15, 132, 8, 271, 14, 117, 15,
307, 308, 310, 317, 321, i6, i8o, 184, 185, 302, 18, 107, io8, 162, 19, 290, 317,
22, 192, 193, 319, 25, 52, 27, 88, 93-95, 29, 197, 33, 107, 34, 23, 224, 271, 36,
202, 39, 92, 44, 255, 258, 267, 287, 303, 308, 311, 45, 35, 48, 73, 84, 47, 257, 267,
277, 51, 139; Dutch desire trade in, II, 247; Span. should engage in trade in,