] The same name as Davao, that of the province occupying the
southeastern part of Mindanao.

[30] i.e. "Black vomit;" a reference to the yellow fever, which is
still prevalent today in that region.

[31] i.e., "within two days' journey."

[32] i.e., "When officiating in his duties, and as far as it relates
to the care of souls."

[33] The Negritos (who have been frequently mentioned in previous
volumes of this series), or Aetas, form part of the Eastern division
of the pygmy race of blacks. In the Philippines, the Negritos are
tound mainly in Luzon and Panay, and in northeastern Mindanao; in
smaller numbers they also inhabit districts in Palawan and Negros,
and in some small islands besides. As in our text, they are, in
Luzon, often mentioned in connection with the Zambals--who "were
the most indolent and backward of the Malayan peoples," and "who,
in the days before the arrival of the Europeans, were in such close
contact with the Negritos as to impose on them their language, and
they have done it so thoroughly that no trace of an original Negrito
dialect remains." See W. A. Reed's study of the "Negritos of Zambales,"
vol. ii, part i of Ethnological Survey Publications (Manila, 1904);
it contains valuable information, based on actual field-work among
those people, regarding their habitat, physical features, dress,
industrial and social life, amusements, superstitions, etc., with
numerous illustrations.

[34] Apparently this comparison of financial statements was inserted
by Fray Pedro de San Francisco de Assis, the editor of Santa Theresa's
work.

[35] Agutaya is the principal island of the northern Cuyos group,
and contains a town of the same name.

[36] There are several places of this name in the islands; the
reference in the text is probably Taytay, the chief town of northern
Palawan.

[37] Baler is capital of the subprovince of Principe, in Luzon;
its latitude is 15 deg. 40' 6" North.

[38] The following statement by Dr. David P. Barrows--who is chief of
the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, Manila, and is probably our best
authority on this subject--presents the latest view regarding the
origin of the Filipinos, adopted after much patient and enthusiastic
research in that field by him and other American ethnologists. It may
be found in the recently-published Census of the Philippine Islands,
i, pp. 411-417.

"Ethnologically, no less than geographically, the Philippines belong
to the Malay archipelago