Its principal object was to prevent the search of the colony ships, which carried on a contraband trade with the Spanish Main.

它的主要目的是防止搜查与西班牙主要进行违禁品贸易的殖民地船只。

A certain portion of his time was passed at Cambridge, where he read with undergraduates as a sort of tolerated smuggler who drove a contraband trade in European languages, instead of conveying Greek and Latin through the Custom-house.

他有一部分时间是在剑桥度过的，在那里他和本科生一起读书，作为一种被容忍的走私者，他以欧洲语言进行违禁品贸易，而不是通过海关运送希腊语和拉丁语。

Some part is sent annually by the Acapulco ships to Manilla; some part is employed in a contraband trade, which the Spanish colonies carry on with those of other European nations; and some part, no doubt, remains in the country.

一部分每年由阿卡普尔科船运往马尼拉；一部分用于违禁品贸易，西班牙殖民地与其他欧洲国家的殖民地进行这种贸易；毫无疑问，还有一部分留在了国内。