Mindoro, Elin, and
Luban--are under one encomendero, and all have one alcalde-mayor,
who holds jurisdiction also over that region of Lucon which begins
at Batangas and ends at the province of Camarines, to which region
we shall now return.

_Islands of the Babayanes_. Opposite the Cagayan River, in the open
sea toward China, are seven islands, called Babuyanes. Because many
swine are imported therefrom into the province of Ylocos, and since the
word for swine in the Ylocos language is _babuyes_, the islands have
been called by that name. Of their inhabitants very little is known.

_Island of Calamianes_. Returning from Burney and sailing from
Manilla twelve leagues beyond the island of Elin, we find the islands
of the Calamianes. These islands being somewhat out of the way,
very little is known about them--that is, about their inhabitants,
for only a few villages along the coast have been seen, where the
tribute is collected. The natives of these coast-towns are Pintados;
those who live in the mountains are blacks. A very large quantity
of wax is collected there, which is an article of barter for nearly
all the other islands. They lack provisions and clothing. The most
important of the Calamianes islands is Paraguan, which has a circuit
of one hundred and fifty leagues. The other islands are small, and
only the following are inhabited: Tanianao, Binorboran, Cabanga,
Bangaan, Caramian (which is also called by another name, Linapacan),
Dipayan, and Coron. In all these islands, only three hundred Indians
pay tribute; therefore very little is known about them. These islands
are all under the jurisdiction of the alcalde-mayor of Mindoro,
[and pay tribute: _crossed out in MS_.] and belong to the royal crown.

Chapter Sixth

_Of the inhabitants of the Pintados Islands and their mode of life_

The natives of the Pintados Islands are not very dark. Both men and
women are well formed and have regular features. Some of the women
are white. Both men and women wear their hair long, and fastened in a
knot on the crown of the head, which is very becoming. The men tattoo
their entire bodies with very beautiful figures, using therefor small
pieces of iron dipped in ink. This ink incorporates itself with the
blood, and the marks are indelible. They are healthy people, for the
climate of that land is good. Among them are found no crippled, maimed,
deaf, or dumb persons. No one of them has ever been possessed by evil
spirits,