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moutli of the Pasig emissary of the neighbouring Laguna. The city properly so- 

 called, enclosed by a line of ramparts, occupies the site on the left or southern bank, 

 which was chosen by Lopez de Legaspi in 1571 as the bulwark of Spanish power 



Fig. 114.— Manilla. 

 Scale 1 : 45,000. 



2,200 Yards. 



in the Eastern seas. Here are centred the administrative buildings, barracks, and 

 convents, while trade and the industries have migrated to the quarters on the 

 north side, which are connected by two bridges with "walled Manilla," as the old 



