They also bring a great quantity of wood of the same tree for tables and writing desks, and it is very beautiful and sweet-smelling.
From the islands of Ternate, Tidore, and three or four others, the spice of the clove.
From the island of Banda, and from other islands, nutmeg and mace.

From the same island they bring certain very beautiful birds which have no feet or claws.

They have a very long tail with very beautiful feathers, and resemble young herons.
From Xapon a great quantity of silver; [abundance ?] of tunny-fish; certain catans (which resemble cutlasses, and are very large), and daggers wrought very richly in gold; and other things.
From Sunda and many other places they bring various other articles.

The Spaniards take from the Philipinas many pieces of cotton of very fine quality, and many pieces of various-colored damask; all kinds of taffeta, in greater or less quantity; much spun and loose silk of all colors; a great quantity of earthenware--which, together with the silk, is all brought to Manila by the Chinese themselves, who also bring a great amount of gold, wrought and unwrought, and of different carats.

The following are the names of the gold in the Philipinas and their carats: first, gold of _ariseis_, of twenty-three carats three granos, and worth per tae in the said islands, nine eight-real pesos; gold of _guinogulan_, of twenty carats, worth seven pesos; gold of _orejeras_, of eighteen or nineteen carats, and worth five and one-half pesos per tae; gold of _linguin_, of fourteen or fourteen and one-half carats, and worth four or four and one-half pesos; gold of _bislin_, of nine or nine and one-half carats, and worth three pesos; gold of _malubay_, of six or six and one-half carats, and worth one and one-half and two pesos.