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is also coal in the central and southern islands. Dr. 
Montano explored a good deal of the River Agusan in Minda- 
nao. Between Bislig and Catel he found traces of an exten- 
sive upheaval of the coast line. Large banks of madrepore 
coral were raised above the level of the sea, extending in wide 
horizontal strata rounded by the waves which the north-east 
wind frequently dashes over them. The mineralogical notices 
in the Report are not very numerous, and the chapter concludes 
with a long account of earthquake phenomena. Of course, the 
great earthquake of 1880 is not passed over, but the author gives 
the account and diagrams of the Jesuit Padre Faura, which 
have been’ already published. Dr. Monrtano’s rouiarks and 
observations on seismology are very interesting. 
The meteorological portion of this work is less satis sfactory, 
Inasmuch as the author did not reside long enough in Malay- 
sia or the Philippines to enable him to form any conclusions 
from actual observation. He might, however, have cbtained 
excellent material from the published reports in Singapore, just 
as he has availed himself of the published reports of the Jesuit 
Observatory at Manila. These are very complete, but the 
whole subject, including that of typhoons, to which Manila 1s so 
liable, is about to. be treated of in a separate work by Padre 
Fsura, who, for many years, has been the Director of the 
Observatory of the Ateneo Municipal. 
This Report is especially interesting in the department of 
ethnography, and much that is new will be found in it. The 
author gives a very full record of facts, which, as he has no 
theory of his own to support, appear to be entirely trust- 
worthy. He describes the Negritos or aboriginal mountain 
tribes in a very full manner. They correspond to our Sakeis in 
Malaysia, and are quite distinct from the bulk of the native 
population throughout the island. They are divided into 
different tribes according to the mountains where they dwell. 
They have never been civilised in any way, and all attampts to 
reclaim them have failed. Even on M ariveles, close as these 
mountains are to the city of Manila, they are to be sO un- 
controlled by the Spanish Government and occasional! ily killing 
a solitary Chinese or Tagal who strays into their mountain 
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