Stat feom 15tu to 25Tn June, 1858. 



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istorical notes relating to the Philippines. — From Cavite to Manila. — The ? ] 

 river Pasig. — First impressions of the city. — Its inhabitants. — Tagales and "- 

 Negritoes. — Preponderating influence of Monks. — Visit to the four chief monas- 

 teries. — Conversation with an Augustine Monk. — Grammars and Dictionaries of 

 the idioms chiefly in use in Manila. — Reception by the Governor-general of the 

 Philippines. — Monument in honour of Magelhaens. — The " Calzada." — Cock- 

 fighting. — " Fiestas Reales." — Causes of the languid trade with Europe hitherto. — 

 Visit to the Cigar-manufactories. — Tobacco cultivation in Luzon and at the 

 Havanna. — Abaca, or Manila hemp. — Excursion to the " Laguna de Bay." — A 

 row on the river Pasig. — The village of Patero.— Wild-duck breeding. — Sail on 

 the Lagoon. — Plans for canalization. — Arrival at Los Banos. — Canoe-trip on the 

 " enchanted sea." — Alligators. — Kalong Bats. — Gobernador and Gobernadorcillo. 

 — The Poll-tax. — A hunt in the swamps of Calamba. — Padre Lorenzo. — Return to 

 Manila. — The " Pebete." — The military Library. — The civil and military Hospital. 

 — Ecclesiastical processions. — Ave Maria. — Tagalian merriness.— Condiman. — 

 Lunatic A.sylum. — Gigantic serpent thirty-two years old. — Departure.— Chinese 

 pilots. — First glimpse of the coasts of the Celestial Empire. — The Lemmas 

 Channel. — Arrival in Hong-kong Harbour. 



Luzon, or Manila, the largest and most important island, 

 politically speaking, of the Philippine Archipelago, is the sole 

 possession of the Spanish Crown which was visited by the 



