d it makes a strait with the land of Manila which is called San
Bernardino. By that strait enter and leave the ships of the Nueva
Espana line. It lies between thirteen and one-half degrees and eleven
degrees south latitude, in which latitude it extends for the space
of two and one-half degrees. It is also in charge of fathers of the
Society of Jesus. That island and that of Leite have one alcalde-mayor.

North of the island of Sebu lies the island of Negros, which extends
between nine and ten and one-half degrees, and has some hundred leguas
of circumference. It is almost all in charge of religious of the
Society of Jesus, except one mission which the discalced Augustinian
religious have there.

Northeast of the same island of Sebu lies the island called Bantallan
with four other islets, all of which are in charge of one secular.

Lower down and near Manila is the island called Panai, which is
very fertile and densely populated. It is some hundred leguas in
circumference, and runs east and west, and north and south in ten
degrees of latitude. The city of Arebalo or Oton is located in that
island, and an alcalde-mayor lives there--who is also the purveyor for
the fleets of those islands, and of Mindanao and its presidios. The
cura of the town is a secular; but the Spaniards of the presidio are
in charge of religious of the Society of Jesus; they have a college
in the said city, and also have charge of the district called Hilo
Hilo. The balance of the said island of Panai has an alcalde-mayor,
and is in charge of calced Augustinian religious.

There are two other districts in the said jurisdiction which are in
charge of seculars. All the above islands belong to the bishopric of
Sebu, as do also the great island of Mindanao, with Jolo, and their
adjacent islands.

The island of Mindanao is the largest of all the Philipinas Islands,
next to that of Manila. In its largest part that island extends from
five and one-half degrees northeastward to nine degrees--a distance of
some seventy leguas. Its two headlands, which are called San Augustin
and that of La Caldera, bound a coast which runs east and west for some
hundred and ten leguas. That island has at the port located about its
middle, called Sanbuangan, an excellent Spanish presidio with a stone
fort which is well equipped with artillery. That fort has its governor
and castellan, who is also governor and castellan of the islands of
Jolo, Bacilan, and some other smalle