e considerable
resemblance to the natives of Formosa. See Gazetteer of Philippine
Islands, and Census of the Philippines, i, pp. 264, 448.

[26] Pillau or pilau, a Turkish dish consisting of boiled rice and
mutton fat.

[27] An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.

[28] The Babuyanes Islands. Salazar relates (Hist. Sant. Rosario,
pp. 361-369) in detail a raid made by an English pirate (August, 1685)
on the islands of Babuyanes, Bari, and Camiguin, then in charge of
Dominican missionaries. They plundered the village of Babuyanes and
its church; and this raid caused the deaths of two of the missionaries
there.

[29] So in the text; probably a typographical error, since Villalba
did not leave the Philippines until 1683, and remained in Nueva
Espana until at least 1686 (Resena biografica, ii, pp. 79-80). It is
probable that this document was written at least as late as 1687,
for confirmation of which see Villalba's own statement, post, that
the mission band for which he was asking would go about eleven or
twelve years after the last concession of this sort had been made;
the mission before this one had reached Manila in August, 1679.

[30] In the Dominican mission of 1671 came thirty-five religious
(Resena biografica, ii, pp. 101-194).

[31] The mission which came to the islands in 1694 contained
forty-three religious, besides four others who remained in Nueva
Espana. (Resena biografica, ii, pp. 363-457.)

[32] Spanish, gentilhombre: an obsolete word, meaning a person
sent to the king with important despatches (Velazquez's Dictionary,
Appleton's ed.).

[33] Jacinto Garcia was born in Castellar, November 6, 1654, and at
the age of twenty-one entered the Jesuit order. Four years later
he joined the Philippine mission, he was procurator of the Manila
college for three years, and superior in Marinduque for the same
time. He died at Manila, May 1, 1710. (Murillo Velarde, fol. 397 b.)

[34] Fiancisco Salgado was born in Galacia, April 2, 1629, and at
the age of nineteen became a Jesuit novice. In 1662 he went to the
Philippines. He spent several years as a teacher, and afterwards as
vice-rector, in the college of St. Joseph, and later was rector of
Silang. He went to Europe (about 1674?) as procurator for his order,
and returned in 1679 with a band of missionaries; later, he was rector
of the Manila college, and provincial (1683). His death occurred at
Manila, July 14, 1689. (Murillo Velarde, fol. 357.)

[35] Luis P