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nations of Tdgdla verse. The Tagala metres, adds 

 the same author, are rather lyric than heroic, and he 

 adduces specimens of several Latin and Castilian mea- 

 sures, imitated in that language, besides a legitimate 

 sonnet addressed to himself, on publishing his Tagala 

 grammar by Fra. Joseph de el Valle. The fol- 

 lowing specimen from the Tdgdla version of one of 

 the dramas of Dionysius Areopagita, is an imita- 

 tion of the comic verse of Terence. 



Dito sa dakkilang kaharian nang Grecia 

 Ay itong bayannang Athenas lalo, at mona 

 Sa ibang manga bayang na sasakop baga 

 Hangan saona, at magpangayon pa. 



Besides the Tdgdla nation, there are several other 

 races, which inhabit these islands, who differ consi- 

 derably from each other in features, language, and 

 the various relations of the social state ; but concern- 

 ing them, it is more difficult to speak with any de- 

 gree of certainty. Such are the Pampangos, who re- 

 side to the north of Manilla; the Bisdifas, who are 

 generally diffused over the Philippines; and the painted 

 race, termed, by the Spaniards, Pintados, who are, 

 by some, reckoned a branch of the ^Bw4^« nation, 

 and allied to the Tdgdla and Bugis races ; while, by 

 others, they are supposed to be of the same origin as 

 the Haraforas. 



Of the Bisdya language, I have seen some lists of 

 words. It appears to be either mixed with Tdgdla, 

 or derived from the same source ; but it is seldom 

 possible to judge of any of the eastern languages from 

 a few straggling specimens, formed in the hurried, 

 inaccurate and incurious manner in which these are 

 generally collected. For this reason, I shall offer no 

 observations on the Pampango language, of which I 

 have also seen specimens ; on the Biaju, Tirun, or 



