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MANILLA ISLANDS. 



ments of the Spaniards are Ho-Ho and Antigue, in the ifland of 

 Tanav\ but o'R Antigiie is the fole anchorage, and that only in 

 the months of November^ December, and January. The inha- 

 bitants of this ifland are infinitely more induftrions than thofe 

 of Liiconia ; they have a manufadtory of handkerchiefs, and a 

 fort of linen compofed of cotton, and the fibres of a certain plant 

 of the country ; they clothe themfelves with the coarfer kinds, 

 and difpofe of the refl among the neighboring ifles. This ifland 

 is mofl exuberantly fertile, and very populous ; fome authors 

 make the numbers of inhabitants to exceed fixteen thoufand, 

 and afTert that there are fourteen parillies belonging to the monks 

 of St. Augiijline, three benefices of feculars, and formerly a col- 

 lege of Jefuits. Notwithflanding the happy foil of Panay, the in-- 

 habitants are'difcouraged from taking advantage of that blefling, 

 byreafon ofthe negled of the government, which leaves them un- 

 protected againft the depredations of the piratical Ma/ayes, who 

 land, plunder, and carry away prifoners all thofe who cannot 

 efcape into the woods. Thefe pirates are Mahometans of Borneo, 

 Mindanao, and other iflands between the Manillas and the Mo- 

 luccas. They infefl the coafts to a high degree, and will carry 

 away people almoft from under the walls of the capital, and 

 fell them for flaves in Borneo, and even in Batavia. They not 

 only feiz€ the fmaller fifliing velTels, but even fliips richly 

 laden. 



Animals. The country abounds with deer, wild hogs, buffaloes, oxen, 



and horfes ; the two laft run at liberty, and are common to thp 

 whole ifland. 



Zebu. Zebu is a fmall ifland, but remarkable for having been the 



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