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of one of tliG mightiest and most extended empires in tlie 

 world, should not likewise have made its appearance in the 

 Philippines. However, it is precisely these considerations 

 which make the contrast between the colonies founded by 

 the Anglo-Saxon race in remote regions of the globe, and 

 those of the Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and so forth, so 

 valuable and instructive, although a rigid analysis of the 

 causes which have conduced to the present condition of the 

 majority of the countries conquered and ruled by races of 

 Latin origin, must necessarily impress the unprejudiced 

 inquirer in a sense little flattering to these latter, namely, 

 that the history of every quarter of the globe would have 

 assumed an entirely different aspect had these countries 

 been first discovered and colonized by the Anglo-Saxon race, 

 with its watchwords of freedom and religious toleration, in- 

 stead of the S|)aniard or Portuguese, with tyranny and 

 fanaticism inscribed on its banners. 



The Archipelago of the Philippines comprises those numer- 

 ous islands and islets between the parallels of 5° and 2P N., 

 and which are scattered between the North Pacific Ocean on 

 the east and the Chinese Sea on the west. The entire group, 

 which, according to the Spanish account, consists of not fewer 

 than 408 islands, extends over 1 6° of latitude by 9° of longi- 

 tude, covering a superficial area of 91,000 square miles, or 

 ' about the dimensions of England, Ireland, and Wales, exclusive 

 of Scotland. Only two islands however of the whole cluster are 



