THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS 



wholesale massacres of Chinese have taken plaee. At different periods their numbers have 

 risen to more than 30,000, only to be reduced by slaughter and exile. But in spite of this 

 drawback they have established themselves in the islands, and at the present day their number 

 is computed to be more than 50,000. Very few Chinese women leave their own country, and 

 consequently Celestial emigrants have for some centuries taken native women as wives. In 



From ilrairinijs by Dr. ll<i/i* .Writer (by pfnnitxion), 



1OOROTTE TATTOOING. 



looking at photographs of Philippine Islanders one is often struck with the strong resemblance 

 to the Chinese type. In old days, moreover, Mexicans and Peruvians occasionally established 

 themselves here, and in the island of Luzon one can trace also the effects of Japanese -influence. 

 The confusion of types is still further complicated by the fact that the Spaniards .have mixed 

 freely both with the native Malays and with the half-castes; indeed, there is no part of 

 Australasia which presents so great a confusion of races. 



