sed in the convent
at Valladolid, in 1764, and arrived in Manila, July 8, 1769. He
held several conventual posts in his order there, among them that
of provincial. The bishopric of Nueva Caceres was later given to
him. His death occurred in Manila in 1808 at the age of sixty. See
Pardo de Tavera's Biblioteca filipina, p. 107.

[87] Spanish, romper el nombre; "to cease using the countersign
of recognition, when daybreak comes, for which purpose the drums,
cornets, trumpets, or other musical instruments give the signal with
the call named diana" (Dominguez); cf. French reveille.

[88] In Sulu roadstead; anchorage is north of the town. In channel
between Sulu roadstead and Marongas is a pearl-oyster bed, which
employs many boats. This is an important industry, pearls and
pearl-shells being the chief articles in the export trade of the
island. (U. S. Philippine Gazetteer.)

[89] Colin (who was at that time in Jolo) says of this (Labor
evangelica, ed. 1663, p. 49): "There was found near the island of Jolo
a piece [of amber] which weighed more than eight arrobas, of the best
kind that exists, which is the gray [el gris]." Retana and Pastells
regard Combes's ambar as meaning amber, the vegetable fossil; but it
is possible that all these writers mean rather ambergris, which is
supposed to be a morbid secretion of the sperm whale, and has been
used as a perfume.

[90] It was Lopez who soon afterward, having gone to Manila to report
results to Governor Fajardo, secured (largely through the influence of
Venegas, who was very friendly to Lopez) permission for six Jesuits to
labor in the islands of the south, the rebuilding of their residence
at Zamboanga, and the exemption of the Lutaos from tribute, and the
appointment of Rafael Omen de Azevedo as governor. (Murillo Velarde,
Hist. de Philipinas, fol. 151 b.)

[91] In the text, desvelar, "to keep awake"--but from the context,
apparently an error of some sort.

[92] Spanish, dio una bofetada, literally, "gave a blow in the
face"--in the Spanish a play on words which it is difficult to retain
in English.

[93] This order was carried out by Balatamay, on December 13, 1655. See
Combes's detailed account of this tragedy, as cited by Diaz.

[94] Pedro Duran de Monforte; his term of office began in 1649,
and lasted until Esteybar's arrival at Zamboanga (Dec. 2, 1656).

[95] "La Silanga, which is a strait that is formed by the island of
Tulaya with the land of Mindanao" (Diaz,