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little boat-harbour is formed within the coral reef, and 

 anchorage for the ' Samarang ' was found at a convenient 

 space without it. Fowls, eggs, grain and vegetables were 

 procured very reasonable ; and our informant stated that 

 we should meet with plenty of cattle and stock at the town 

 of Mangarin, situated near the northern end of the 

 channel between Ylin and Mindoro. Moving thither, the 

 ' Royalist ' was securely anchored in the very snug little 

 Port of Mangarin, formed by the extension of a tongue 

 of Shingle across the mouth of its bay. 



My visit to the town of Mangarin was fruitless ; very 

 little to be procured, and that exorbitantly dear. The 

 Padre being absent, Bullocks were not to be had ; in- 

 deed, our visit appeared to discompose them so much 

 that I was quite at a loss to account for the hostile com- 

 plexion which they seemed to assume. Our purchases 

 amounted to six or eight eggs, and heartily disgusted with 

 their proceedings, I left them to discuss the motives of our 

 visit, which, no doubt, had some superstitious foundation. 



When we call to mind the present state of the natives of 

 Luzon, even in the vicinity of Manila, where the Governor 

 did not consider us safe without a guard of Cavalry, lest our 

 instruments should excite their superstition ; and the ad- 

 ditional circumstance of one of our countrymen having 

 been very severely wounded because he possessed a few 

 bottles of beer, which they fancied was poison, it will not 

 appear at all extraordinary that these people, never visited 

 but by the crews of the Faluas, as ignorant nearly as 

 themselves, should feel alarm at the number of boats, 

 men, and instruments which they met at every point. 

 The village of Ylin, therefore, is the only place where I 



