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MEXICAN COINS, MEASURES, AND WEIGHTS.
| 1 onza (gold) | = | 16 dollars. | ||
| 1 peso (silver) | = | 1 dollar. | ||
| 1 real (silver) | = | 1212 cents. | ||
| 12 real (silver) | = | 614 cents. | ||
| 1 quartillo (copper) | = | 318 cents. | ||
| 1 quartillotlaco (copper) | = | 1916 cent. | ||
| 1 foot Mexican | = | 0.928 foot English. | ||
| 1 vara (3 feet Mexican) | = | 2.784 ft. Eng.=2 ft. 9.3141 inches. Engl. | ||
| 1 legua (26.63 to 1 meridian) | = | 5,000 varas=2.636 miles English. | ||
| 1 onza (8 ochavos) | = | 1 ounce. | ||
| 1 marco (8 onzas) | = | 12 pound. | ||
| 1 libra (2 marcos) | = | 1 pound. | ||
| 1 arroba (25 libras) | = | 25 pounds. | ||
| 1 quintal (4 arrobas) | = | 100 pounds. | ||
| 1 carga (3 quintals) | = | 300 pounds. | ||
| 1 fanega (140 pounds) | = | about 2 bushels. | ||
| 1 almuer (almuerza) | = | 112 of a fanega. | ||
| 1 frasco | = | about 5 pints. | ||
ERRATA.
| Page | 4, | line | 26 | from top, | for | I. Gregg, | read | J. Gregg. |
| Page“ | 8, | line“ | 10 | from top,“ | for“ | Willowgreen, | read“ | Willow creek. |
| Page“ | 12, | line“ | 20 | from top,“ | for“ | mirage, | read“ | the mirage. |
| Page“ | 14, | line“ | 7 | from bottom, | for“ | Salvador, | read“ | Salvator. |
| Page“ | 17, | line“ | 6 | from top,“ | for“ | Armija, | read“ | Armijo. |
| Page“ | 18, | line“ | 6 | from top, | for“ | or the Rio, | read“ | on the Rio. |
| Page“ | 21, | last line, | for“ | 27 miles, | read“ | 27 leagues. | ||
| Page“ | 36, | line“ | 15 | from top, | for“ | mimmoseae, | read“ | mimoseae. |
| Page“ | 45, | line“ | 2 | from bottom, | for“ | Oj, | read“ | Ojo. |
| Page“ | 46, | line“ | 23 | from top,“ | for“ | effervescence, | read“ | efflorescence. |
| Page“ | 56, | line“ | 15 | from top, | for“ | feet more, | read“ | feet, more. |
| Page“ | 66, | line“ | 12 | from bottom, | for“ | northeast, | read“ | northwest. |
| Page“ | 69, | line“ | 22 | from top,“ | for“ | 24 miles to San Lorenzo, | read“ | to San Lorenzo, (24 miles.) |
| Page“ | 70, | line“ | 11 | from top,“ | for“ | southern, | read“ | northern. |
| Page“ | 71, | line“ | 22 & 43 from top, | for“ | Captain Ried, | read“ | Captain Reid. | |
| Page“ | 76, | line“ | 11 | from bottom, | for“ | Moleno de Jusus, | read“ | Molino de Jesus. |
| Page“ | 77, | line“ | 15 | from top, | for“ | stone, | read“ | straw. |
| Page“ | 78, | line“ | 3 | from top,“ | for“ | tree; a mimosea, | read“ | tree, a mimosea. |
| Page“ | 78, | line“ | 5 | from top,“ | for“ | mineral, | read“ | animal. |
