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occupies one of the most romantic sites in Luzon, not far from the San-Cristobal 

 volcano. On the north side of the Laguna lies the riverain port of Moron, also a 

 provincial capital. 



In the basin of the copious Pampanga river, a northern affluent of Manilla 

 Bay, are several populous towns, such as Gapan, near some gold and coal mines in 

 the province of JSTueva-Ecija, a more important place than its capital, San-Isidro. 

 This is one of the regions which suffered most from the earthquakes of 1880, when 



Fig. 115. — Environs op Manilla. 

 Scale 1 : 300,000. 



Sands exposed 

 at low water. 



0tol6 

 Feet. 



Depths. 



16 to 32 



Feet. 



32 Feet 

 and upwards. 



6 Miles. 



vast tracts along the river bank were broken into more or less regular sections by 

 yawning crevasses. Farther south is Bacolor, another provincial chief town, which 

 was selected as the capital of the Spanish possessions during the temporary occupa- 

 tion of Manilla by the English in 1762. The steamers jjl^dng between Manilla 

 and the Lower Pampanga stop at the station of Ouagna below Bacolor. Calumpit, 

 an agricultural centre east of this place, stands at the confluence of the Pampanga 

 and Quingoa rivers, in the most fertile district of the archipelago. 



