racay. It is about three
leagues in circumference, and one-half league wide. It is inhabited by
about one hundred Indians, who cultivate rice there, and in addition
derive profit from some goats.

_Island of Anbil._ One half league from this island is another island,
called Anbil. It is about three leagues in circumference, and one
wide. Its fifty Indians are mostly ship-builders.

_Island of Simara._ About two leagues from the island of Tablas--or,
as it is also called, Osigan--lies the island of Simara. It is
about four leagues in circumference, and two leagues wide. It has
a population of one hundred and fifty. These people are traders,
and raise goats, and therefore the island is called Cabras ["Goats"]
Island. It is about twelve leagues from the island of Panay.

_Island of Sivaay._ Four leagues west of the north point of Panay,
is the island of Sivaay. It is five leagues in circumference, and
one and one-half leagues wide, and has a population of seventy Indians.

_Island of Similara._ About three leagues farther, toward the island
of Mindoro, is found the island of Similara, with a population of
ninety Indians. It is four leagues in circumference, and one league
wide. All the people of these islets gather a very scanty harvest;
they make salt, and are traders.

_Island of Batbatan._ South of the north point of Panay, and about one
and one-half leagues from that island, lies the island of Bacbatan,
with a population of eighty Indians. The island is about three
leagues in circumference, and one league wide. The inhabitants raise
their wheat and produce their wax on the island of Panay. All these
islands--Buracay, Anbil, Simara, Sivaay, Similara, and Bacbatan--are
under one of the encomenderos of Panay.

_Island of Banton._ The island of Banton lies about one and one-half
leagues from the island of Simara, or Cabras. It is about eight
leagues in circumference and three leagues wide, and has two hundred
Indians. The island is very craggy; it abounds in palm-trees, potatoes,
yams, and wax. The people are traders.

_Island of Donblon._ The island of Donblon lies between Cibuyan and
the island of Tablas. It is seven leagues in circumference and three
leagues wide. Donblon is inhabited by nearly two hundred and fifty
Indians, and abounds in wax. This island and that of Banton come
under one of the Panay encomenderos, and under the jurisdiction of
the town of Arevalo. The jurisdiction of this town extends also ove