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CHAPTER XII. 



HONG-KONG AND THE PHILIPPINES. 



Leave Loo-Choo Touch at Pa-tchung-san Botel Tobago Arrive at 

 Hong-Kong Refit and sail for Batan Fall in with a Bremen 

 wreck Keach Manila Nicholas Shoal Make Term Day Mag- 

 netic Observations Arsenal of Cavite Fortune Island Looc Bay 

 Lay in a store of wood Fever caused by the fermentation of 

 wood when damp Apo Island Fall in with a nest of Pirates. 

 Island of Mindoro Skirmish in the Bay of Ylin Convenience 

 for obtaining supplies Town of Mangarin Garza Island Semi- 

 rara Pirate Island Panagatan Group Shoal of fish Caga- 

 yancillo Inhabitants Structure of the Island Calusa Sam- 

 boanga Inland Excursion Country round Samboanga Exami- 

 nation of Shoals extending from the Santa Cruz Islands 

 Courtesy of the Governor, Colonel Figueroa. 



ON the 22nd of August we took our final leave of the 

 French Padre and our Loo-Choo friends, arid as our 

 supply of provisions would not allow of any deviation 

 from the shortest route, we were compelled to abandon 

 all further examination of the Raleigh rock, Tia-usu, and 

 islands adjacent. Our course was, therefore, shaped for 

 Pa-tchung-san, which, after a short run of four days, we 

 reached on the morning of the 26th, anchoring in Port 



