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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898; Volume 47, 1728-1759

Note 4 — SURVEY OF THE FILIPINAS ISLANDS

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2 esmerils of bronze, of 8-onza caliber.

4 small iron cannon, of the same caliber.

101 swivel-guns, with 216 chambers and quoins, of iron.

16,905 iron cannon-balls, suitable for the said artillery.

207 bar-shots of iron, “diamond point.”

67 iron crowbars.

22 iron angelots.4

190 iron grenades.

142 muskets.

221 match-lock arquebuses.

16 guns, some with bayonets.

9 pistols.

1 blunderbuss.

6,672 balls corresponding to these weapons—2,910 of iron, 62 angel—[i.e., double-headed] shot, and the rest of lead.

480 hand-weapons—Turkish swords, broadswords, cutlasses [machetes], lances, pikes, halberds, partisans, half-moons, spears, languinatas, and spontoons.

400 arrobas of gunpowder, kept in reserve.

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