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ten thousand, resemble in their appearance 

 and customs the D^aks of Borneo. Man_y 

 dwell in the provinces of the Camarines, where 

 they have preserved their independence. The^- 

 have traditions of great antiquity, and speak 

 the Vicol dialect as well as their own. They 

 were evidently here before the Mahometan 

 Malays, bj- whom they have been driven to 



The above-mentioned races are what the 

 Spanish writers call the infidels, and may or 

 ma}- not be Igorrotes. Samuel IvNEEL.VNn. 



7'HE WEATHER IN AUGUST, ISSS. 



The monthly review of the U. S. signal- 

 service shows that in August there were two 



QADDAN OF LUZON. 



the mountains. Thej' are liostile to all for- 

 eigners. Their mode of life is patriarchal, the 

 head of a family recognizing no superior au- 

 thoritj\ From the resemblance of the skulls 

 of some of these wild tribes to those of the 

 people of Sunda, Borneo, and Celebes, and 

 the occurrence of similar ones in the long dis- 

 used caverns, it seems undeniable that there is 

 among them a considerable Dyak mixture, and 

 that from a very remote period. 



features of special note. These are, 1°, the 

 low temperatures which prevailed over nearly 

 tiie whole country- ; 2°, the small rainfall, which 

 was below the average in nearly everj' district. 

 Other important I'eatures were a few destruc- 

 tive storms, and the opening of the hurricane 

 season, as will be referred to below. 



The pressure has been above the normal, 

 except on the Atlantic coast ; the greatest 

 excess, 0.08 inch, occun'ing in the upper Mis- 



