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 Page 363 (2).—These particulars respecting the agricultural economy of Cortés, I have derived, in part, from a very able argument, prepared in January, 1828, for the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, by Don Lucas Alaman, in defence of the territorial rights possessed at this day by the Conqueror's descendant, the Duke of Monteleone.

Page 363 (3).—Navarrete, Coleccion de los Viages y Descubrimientos (Madrid, 1837), tom, v., Viages al Maluco.

Page 363 (4).—Instruccion que dió Marques del Valle á Juan de Avellaneda, etc., MS.

Page 364 (1).—Provision sobre los Descubrimientos del Sur. MS., Setiembre, 1534.

Page 364 (2).—The river Huasacualco furnished great facilities for transporting, across the isthmus, from Vera Cruz, materials to build vessels on the Pacific.—Humboldt, Essai Politique, tom. iv. p. 50.

Page 365 (1).—Instruccion del Marques del Balle, MS. The most particular and authentic account of Ulloa's cruise will be found in Ramusio. (Tom. iii. pp. 340-354.) It is by one of the officers of the squadron.—My limits will not allow me to give the details of the voyages made by Cortés, which, although not without interest, were attended with no permanent consequences. A good summary of his expeditions in the Gulf has been given by Navarrete in the Introduction to his Relacion del Viage hecho por las Goletas Sutil y Mexicana (Madrid, 1802), pp. vi.-xxvi.; and the English reader will find a brief account of them in Greenhow's valuable Memoir on the North-west Coast of North America (Washington, 1840), pp. 22-27.

Page 365 (2).—Memorial al Rey del Marques del Valle, MS., 25 de Junio, 1540.

Page 365 (3).—Provision sobre los Descubrimientos del Sur, MS.

Page 366 (1).—See the map prepared by the pilot Diego del Castillo, in 1541, ap. Lorenzana, p. 328.

Page 366 (2).—In the collection of Vargas Ponçe is a petition of Cortés, setting forth his grievances, and demanding an investigation of the vice-king's conduct. It is without date. Peticion contra Don Antonio de Mendoza Virrey, pediendo residencia contra él, MS.

Page 367 (1).—Bernal Diaz, Hist. de la Conquista, cap. 200.

Page 367 (2).—Gomara, Crónica, cap. 237.

Page 367 (3).—Sandoval, Hist. de Cárlos V., lib. 12, cap. 25.—Ferreras (trad. d'Hermilly), Hist. d'Espagne, tom. ix., p. 231.

Page 368 (1).—Voltaire tells us, that one day Cortés, unable to obtain an audience of the emperor, pushed through the press surrounding the royal carriage, and mounted the steps; and when Charles inquired "Who that man was," he replied, "One who has given you more kingdoms than you had towns before." (Essai sur Ies Mœurs, chap. 147.) For this most improbable anecdote I have found no authority whatever. It served, however, very well to point a moral,—the main thing with the philosopher of Ferney.

Page 370 (1).—This is the argument controverted by Las Casas in his elaborate Memorial addressed to the government, in 1542, on the best method of arresting the destruction of the aborigines.

Page 371 (1).—This interesting document is in the Royal Archives of Seville; and a copy of it forms part of the valuable collection of Don Vargas Ponce.