The ufiutil name of it among ifie Cliiiitse u ^ ^ Sbng4 ; 

 it is also (lenoi/iit*ated Spain iji Sitrpaa-few). The 



appearance of the people is imt unlike ihat of Ibe Chineae. I 

 they wear high-cornered caps, an J narrow sleevea, while 

 iheif food and furniture ara boih similar lo those used by th« 

 Hollanders. The ^ ailv^r-cftked mon«y (dollar), cur- 

 reot in Canton and Fokien, is stamped wiili the image of 

 tlutr Boverej^. 



Manitia, or Lu^on JJ? Leu-sons), i^ eituated in liie 

 eouth-easiern ocean ^ ftboiu three hundred mile* olT. On 

 th* east it is bordered by the sea of Banda (f% ^ Ban-Ian) 

 and Ternate (^P Kan-a-tfe) ; on ihe weal by the sea, 



that washes the con?t of Canton and Pokien j on the eoutfj 

 the Sooloo ''^^ Soe-lok") architielago, and on the 

 ^•ih by the ^ -^j^ ^ ^ jfc'® g^^^' where the waves 

 perpetually flow to ib« eastward. We should reckon timt 

 the country h about 300 miles in lengtlj, Tfie eaelern 

 and western, as we)l as the nortliern and southern Bhores, 

 are distant froDi the centre of the country several htiiidreci 

 miles, and the opposite coasts are about 3i]0 mile^ apart. 

 The situation of the capital is fronting the west. There are 

 several large kkeSf about tliirty miles in extent ; and the 

 natives are not lesa thaii lOO.OiK). li\ gold and pearlt, tor- 

 toiee-sbell, camphor, edible bird8*-neais, tripanofj eapan-wood. 

 and ebony, togeiher with flail fiah, this place aiirpassea all 

 oiliers beyond the aeae. 



Forraeriy, in the time of the B^ng dynasty, the Snani- 

 -ards occupied Manilla, and built therr capital city of ^ H 

 Koo-toS, near the external lake, (imy of Manilla), on the 

 ahorc of the western eea ; Ltiey fortified the i&land of ^ ^ 

 Kang-jit, on the woat of the town, in order to control and 

 subjugat* all both far and near, 



It is the custom of the country highly to veoerate the ^ 

 J' foreign priesta, icttin^^ up monastpriea for the padris 

 i>a-lt;y9), and keeping up tli< {§ ^ ceremony day 



