MINDORA. SAMAL. 71 



is very lofty and moimtanous ; many of the natives pay tribute to 

 the Spaniards. Sonnerat * fays, that moft voyagers affert, that 

 there is a race of men ia this illand which have tails: the 

 fame is feigned of certain people in Borneo^ but the fa6l turns 

 out that they happen to have the Os Coccygis a little more elon- 

 gated than is ufual in the human fpecies. 



South of Mindora is the clutter of fmall illes called the Ca- Calamian^s. 

 lamianes, with others Hill fmaller to the eaft of them. The ifland 

 of Paragua ftretches from the Calamianes near feventy leagues 

 in length ; and at the fouthern end approaches the ifles of Ba- 

 lambangan off the coaft of Borneo. The Spaniards have here 

 fome tributary Indians ; part of the ifland is faid to be fvibjetil; to 

 a fultan in Borneo. 



All thefe iflands form the weflern boundary of a great gulph : Great centrai 



Bay in the 



The reft of the Manillas., and the Soolo Archipelago^ are on the midst of ths 



■, ■, n n t 1 ■% r -r^ ■ r- r~ Manillas. 



north and ealt lides ; the end of Borneo is on the fouth. A few 

 fmall ifles are fcattered over the middle. To go on with the far- 

 ther account of the ifland ; Manduque^ Majbate., and numbers of 

 finall ifles, fill the part next to Luconia or Manilla. Sajnal, a 

 large ifland, faces the ocean on their outfide to the eafb. Its pro- 

 montory, E/^/Zr/Zoy^/z/o, is remarkable by the capture of the rich 

 Manilla fhip by lord Aiifon^ it being the firft of the iflands which • 

 thofe velTels make in their courfe from Acapulcoto their port of 

 Manilla. 



Panat-Buglas, or ifle of Negros, Zebit and Lexte, with the Panay. 

 leffer ifle of Bobol, range nearly eaft and weft, parallel to each 

 other, a little to the fouth of the preceding. The principal fettle- 



• Voyage aux Indes,.ii. 114. 



ments 



