repairs for the return, voyage. Let a large quantity of staves be sent.

_Coopers: Item_, two coopers.

_Carpenters: Item_, some ship-carpenters, provided they be good
workmen.

_Rope-maker: Item_, a rope-maker, for we are in great need of one to
make rigging here.

_Tarpauling-nails_: A quantity of tarpauling-nails.

_Grappling-irons_: Some grappling-irons, for the frigates have lost
those brought by Captain Juan de la Ysla in the year seventy. Let
some be of five _arrobas'_ weight, and the others from four to six
_arrobas_.

_Anchors_: Some anchors, of three or four _quintals_ each.

_Boilers_: Half a dozen pitch boilers, for we have none of them.

_Wine_: Wine for the sacrifice of the mass, and for the sick; also
some vinegar.

_Assayer: Item_, an assayer, for we are in much need of one.

_Negroes_: We are in great need of negroes for the labors of this
camp, so as to avoid the inconveniences that arise from [depending on]
the natives.

_Soap_: One or two _quintals_ of soap; we greatly need it for the
rigging which is being made in this land.

_Padlocks_: A dozen padlocks, for they are not to be found here.

_Mariner's compasses_: Half a dozen of mariner's compasses.

_Hour-glasses_: Twenty hour-glasses indicating one to one-and-a-half
hours.

_Screws_: Two good screws for filing arquebuses.

_Iron wire_: Six _libras_ of iron wire to repair arquebuse locks.

_Tin_: Two _libras_ of sheet-tin for the tinning of locks.

_Rigging_: All sorts of rigging.

_Sawyers_: Sawyers.

_Smiths_: A smith who knows how to make crowbars, adzes, axes, and
chisels, and how to sharpen tools.

_Gunpowder_: A large quantity of gunpowder.

_Sulphur and saltpetre_: Sulphur and saltpetre.

_Medicines_: Some medicines for the sick and wounded.

_Lead_: Lead, both in bars and in sheets.

_Gunners_: Gunners are much needed.

_Pickaxes, shovels_: Pickaxes and crow's-foot shovels.

_Kettles_: Large and small mess-kettles, for there are none.

_Balances_: Two new balances, one of them small.

_Weights and denominations_: Weights to weigh gold and silver,
graduated from two to four _libras_.

_Bells_: Small and large bells for churches.

_Measures_: Measures of one _arroba_, half-_arroba, azumbre_ and
_quartillo_.

_Half-hanega_: Two half-_hanegas_, one _celemin_, and one
half-_celemin_. [39]

_Fishing-nets and fishermen_: Two fishing-nets and a couple of
fishermen [_pescadores_], if they are to be found.