Trip to the Batanes and Mt. May on , May 19 to June 7, 1907 • 
In th© Batanes group w© landed on Batan, at danto Domingo de Basco, 
We also tried to land, at l^bayat • 
The Batanes Ids* "are situated between the 128* 56* 30" East longitude, 
San Fernando Meridian, and between the 19* 57* 30" and 20° 28* 30" North lati- 
tude, They are at 110 miles distance from the Babuyanes islands, 55 from th© 
island of Formosa and 175 from the north coast of the island of bizon." 
"Dry or hot season is from May to August, and the coldest season from 
November to December and January*" 
"Batan Island is 9% miles long, N* 35 E. and S. 35 W. , and 1 to <5 miles 
broad," 
"Mount Irada, apparently an old volcano, in its northern part, is 3 , 8o6 loot 
above the sea, and thickly covered with trees; the rest of the island is mountain- 
ous * 
There is a high pinnacle rock about half a mile northeastward of the 
i s land • 
"Batan Island is about 200 kilometers long from North to South and about 
4 kilometers wide from east to ftest# 
"To the North of Batan Island at a distance of about 20 miles, is the most 
important island of the group called T^bayat which is also the most fertile and 
half again aslarge as Batan, 
"At 12:45 o'clock P. M„ the Island of Fuca was passed. Latitude 18 de- 
grees, 50* H., Longitude 127 degrees, 29* E. This island rises about 400 
feet above tide water, and is hilly and mountainous in character. It is 
approximately ten miles long and 2 miles vide. 
