NATIVES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 
CHAPTER X. 
Ternate (Molucca Islands) to Samboangan, Iloilo, and Manilla 
(Philippine Islands), and to Hong Kong (China). 
Leave Ternate — Mindanao, Philippine Islands, in sight— Anchor off Sam- 
boangan — The village — Hospitality of the Spanish officials — Dance 
of the Malagalii Indians — Leave Mindanao, and anchor off Panay 
— The town of Iloilo — Leave for Luzon — Anchor in Manilla Har- 
bour — The city — Cigar factories, &c. — Leave Manilla — Passage to 
Hong Kong, China — Arrive and anchor in Hong Kong Harbour — 
The city — Its residents, shops, theatres — Their temples and re- 
ligion — Joss, the mystery — Captain Nares leaves for England 
to take the Arctic command — Loss to the expedition by his 
leaving — Arrival of the English mail. 
Oh the morning of the 17th October we left Ter- 
nate, greatly to the regret of our hospitable friends. 
