Chapter XXI: Brief Geographical Description of Luzon
Irregular shape--Harbours--Bays--Mountain ranges--Blank
spaces on maps--North-east coast unexplored--River and
valley of Cagayan--Central valley from Bay of Lingayen
to Bay of Manila--Rivers Agno, Chico, Grande--The Pinag of
Candaba--Project for draining--River Pasig--Laguna de Bay--Lake
of Taal--Scene of a cataclysm--Collapse of a volcanic cone 8000
feet high--Black and frowning island of Mindoro--Worcester's
pluck and endurance--Placers of Camarines--River Vicol--The
wondrous purple cone of Mayon--Luxuriant vegetation
192-200
THE INHABITANTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Description of their appearance, dress, arms, religion, manners
and customs, and the localities they inhabit, their agriculture,
industries and pursuits, with suggestions as to how they can be
utilised, commercially and politically. With many unpublished
photographs of natives, their arms, ornaments, sepulchres and
idols.
Aboriginal Inhabitants.
Scattered over the Islands.
Chapter XXII.
Aetas or Negritos.
Including Balugas, Dumagas, Mamanuas, and Manguianes 201-207
PART I.
Inhabitants of Luzon and Adjacent Islands.
Chapter XXIII.
Tagals (1) 208-221
Chapter XXIV.
Tagals as Soldiers and Sailors 222-237
Chapter XXV.
Pampangos (2) 238-245
Chapter XXVI.
Zambales (3)--Pangasinanes (4)--Ilocanos (5)--Ibanags or
Cagayanes (6) 246-253
Chapter XXVII.
Igorrotes (7) 254-267
Chapter XXVIII.
Isinays (11)--Abacas (12)--Italones (13)--Ibilaos
(14)--Ilongotes (15)--Mayoyaos and Silipanes (16)
--Ifugaos (17)--Gaddanes (18)--Itetapanes (19)
--Guinanes (20) 268-273
Chapter XXIX.
Calauas or Itaves (21)--Camuangas and Bayabonanes (22)
--Dadayags (23)--Nabayuganes (24)--Aripas (25)--Calingas
(26)--Tinguianes (27)--Adangs (28)--Apayaos (29)--
Catalanganes and Irayas (30-31) 274-282
Chapter XXX.
Catubanganes (32)--Vicols (33) 283-287
Chapter XXXI.
The Chinese in Luzon.
Mestizos or half-breeds 288-294
PART II.
The Visayas and Palawan.
Chapter XXXII.
The Visayas Islands.
Area and population--Panay--Negros--Cebu--Bohol--Leyte
--Samar 295-299
Chapter XXXIII.
The Visayas Race.
Appearance--Dress--Look upon Tagals as foreigners--
Favourable opinion of Tomas de Comyn--Old Christians--
Constant wars with the Moro pirates and Sea Dayaks--Secret
heathen rites--Accusation of indolence unfounded--Exports
of hemp and sugar--Ilo-ilo sugar--Cebu sugar--Textiles--A
promising race 300-306
Chapter XXXIV.
The Island of Palawan, or Paragua.
The Tagbanuas--Tandulanos--Manguianes--Negritos--Moros of
southern Palawan--Tagbanua alphabet 307-320
PART III.
Mindanao, Including Basilan.
Chapter XXXV.
Brief Geographical Description.
Configuration--Mountains--Rivers--Lakes--Division
into districts--Administration--Productions--Basilan 321-330
Chapter XXXVI.
The Tribes of Mindanao.
Visayas (1) [Old Christians]--Mamanuas (2)--Manobos (3)
--Mandayas (4)--Manguangas (5)--Monteses or Buquidnones(6)
--Atas or Ata-as (7)--Guiangas (8)--Bagobos (9) 331-351
Chapter XXXVII.
The Tribes of Mindanao--continued.
Calaganes (10)--Tagacaolos (11)--Dulanganes (12)--Tirurayes
(13)--Tagabelies (14)--Samales (15)--Vilanes (16)--
Subanos (17) 352-360
Chapter XXXVIII.
The Moros, or Mahometan Malays (18 to 23).
Illanos (18)--Sanguiles (19)--Lutangas (20)--Calibuganes
(21) Yacanes (22)--Samales (23) 361-373
Chapter XXXIX.
Tagabauas (24) 374-375
The Chinese in Mindanao.
N.B.--The territory occupied by each tribe is shown on the general
map of Mindanao by the number on this list.
Chapter XL.
The Political Condition of Mindanao, 1899.
Relapse into savagery--Moros the great danger--Visayas
the mainstay--Confederation of Lake Lanao--Recall of
the Missionaries--Murder and pillage in Davao--Eastern
Mindanao--Western Mindanao--The three courses--Orphanage
of Tamontaca--Fugitive slaves--Polygamy an impediment to
conversion--Labours of the Jesuits--American Roman Catholics
should send them help 376-388
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