170 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
‘paid fifteen dollars for a koyan; (1) and the coolies employed 
“digging away the hill were paid at the rate of hali-a-dollar each 
“for one day’s work. During thirty-six years three months and 
“fourteen days the Portuguese were employed in the construction 
“of the fort, and then it was completed.” 
D. F, A. HERVEY. 
~ (@) About 23 tons. 
