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these may be paid by the year, giving each of the pilots one 

 thousand ducats, and each of the two hundred men forty- 

 eight ducats, at the rate of four ducats a month, which will 

 amount to nine thousand six hundred ducats a year. And 

 because, among these two hundred men there must be 

 experienced naval and military officers, these, attended 

 with pilots, would make the expenses of a year amount to 

 three thousand ducats. 



There must be carried out supplies of cables, anchors, 

 wood, pitch, hemp, and sails; tools, nails, and slips of 

 leaid, to repair any damage occasioned by the enemies' 

 cannon, which will amount to one thousand five hundred 

 ducats. 



Also two hundred ducats' w^orth of wax tapers for the 

 lanterns of the Captains and Commodore; for as the 

 days in this passage are very long and the nights short, 

 there will be no necessity for any more, for without doubt 

 the sun will for many days not descend out of sight. 



There must be divided amoiig the ships two hundred 

 ducats' worth of medicine. And, as all maritime affairs are 

 uncertain, it w^ould be well, to carry out provisions for two 

 years, for the wine at least may serve on returning; and 

 thus reckoning upon the usual rations, there will be requi- 

 site for the three ships two thousand two hundred quintals 

 of biscuit, which, costing four ducats a quintal, will amount 

 to eight thousand eight hundred ducats. And as the biscuit 

 may spoil, in default of which the people would suffer 

 great inconveniences, it would be well to export four hun- 

 dred quintals of flour, which, purchased at two ducats a 

 quintal, will cost eight hundred ducats. The rations of 

 wine during two years will amount to nine thousand one 

 hundred and twenty-five measures of tliirty-two pints, 

 which, at the rate of six reals a pint, would cost four thou- 

 sand nine hundred and seventy-seven ducats. • • 



Hung beef, bacon, and chickens for the invalids, two 

 thousand five hundred ducats ; four hundred ducats' worth 



