SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. l Z9A 



at the Spanish castle of St. Juan de Ullua, 

 and twenty-seven and a half to the town. 

 This too is on their own arbitrary valuation, 

 and is often three times the original cost. 

 One dollar each package is charged for the 

 hospital, and four and a half dollars per ton 

 on the ship, according to her register ; three 

 rials per ton for water ; eight dollars for the 

 captain of the port; and thirty-two dollars 

 each trip for the use of large boats for land- 

 ing the cargo : to these may be added the ex- 

 pense of porterage to the custom-house, and 

 afterwards to the stores of the merchants ; for 

 even this is expensive, as labour of all kinds 

 is here excessively high, and the insolence 

 of the negro porters is intolerable. The above 

 are the principal charges at the port, to which 

 the removal of goods to Mexico adds much, 

 as they pay an additional duty of about 

 twelve per cent, on their arrival, and the 

 carriage of every horse or mule-load, from 



