MANILLA. 



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CHAPTER VII. 



DUAATVAE FOR MAyiLU — IT* BAT, KlYBfi^ CSTf, VltlAOKS^ IfllJ MAMOrACTUBJffl — 



MouVITALtlV — ThlP M HitlL L\^tS CAVITI— WEOAt STATE OF Tlja aOTEftlfOR 



— PKBJL? <tV A. PATKVT VV MoHIVlTV liKPAILTnTli! KROM H AXILLA — fllJir 



AaitoUJSD — Aa&tTAl. At LAbOAit-'tAKK IM COAJ*— KBWa OF PIRATE FLEKT 



iiATiira rPT to bea — i^KPAnTFas fob the ooa.st op Bo&Jisn. 



We \eU the scene of our untoward event early on 

 the following morning; and on the 21st Anchored in 

 Manilla Bay. Respecting either the hay or the city tt 

 woidd be difficult to write anything new. TJie bay is 

 twenty-five miles in circ\;mfcrcnce, and receives many 

 rivers. The city, happily situated at tlie mouth of the 

 Pasig, is the capital of the Spanish Bettlemont in the 

 PhiUi2>pine Islands, The Pasig is navigable as far as the 

 lakes, of whicli there is a succession^ the nearest being 

 about three leagues eastward of tlie town. On their 

 borders ma}' he seen upwards of a hundi-ed picturesque 

 Indian villages, chiefly built of bamboo. The prevalence 

 of earthquakes hm prevented the erection of lefty biuld- 

 ings ; nevertlieleas^ the city has an opulent and substantial 

 appearance from the anchorage, to wlilcli, hovrever, 



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