otes.

[9] The matter in brackets is an insert in the margin of the original
manuscript.

[10] In making this correction the writer evidently neglected to
change the gender of "vnas."

[11] Pasacao River is a small stream on the western side of the (old)
province of Camarines Sur. The overland journey here mentioned is
to Nueva Caceres, capital of the province, which is ten miles above
the mouth of Naga River (although farther by the windings of the
river). This river has its source only four miles from the Pacific
coast of Albay, whence it flows N.W. into Bato Lake; this part of its
course is called Inaya River. Another N.W. course of about the same
length (about 25 miles) carries the waters of the lake as far as Nueva
Caceres, in a stream known as Bicol (the Vicor of our text) River. From
that city to its discharge in San Miguel Bay, it is called Naga River.

[12] A sort of garment worn by peasants, opening behind or at the
shoulder. The meaning of the name, "jump aboard," suggests the similar
name applied in some localities in the United States to a sort of
over-all blouse, there called "jumper."

[13] Cf. the descriptions of this custom in Morga's _Philippine
Islands_ (Hakluyt Society, London, 1868), p. 304; and in account of
Thomas Candish's voyage, in Hakluyt's _Voyages_ (Goldsmid ed.) xvi,
p. 42.

[14] "A god of the Higuecinas (a subdivision of the ancient
Bisayas). The Igueines (another subdivision of that people) believed
that the god Maguayan carried the souls of his disciples, in his boat,
to another life."--_Ferdinand Blumentritt_: "Diccionario mitologico,"
in Retana's _Archivo_, ii, p. 411.

[15] These seem to be memoranda, which the writer forgot to fill
in later.

[16] The tabon, also called "the mound-builder" _(Megapodius
cumingi_). Its eggs are highly prized by the natives as an article
of food; they rob the deposit made by the birds. After each egg is
deposited, the parent birds (several pairs of whom often frequent
the same spot) scratch earth over it, thus gradually raising a mound
of considerable size. See description of this bird in _Report_ of
U.S. Philippine Commission for 1900, iii, pp. 314, 315.

[17] Of the banana (_Musa_), over fifty varieties have been enumerated
as found in the Philippine Islands. Many of these are minutely
described in Blanco's _Flora_, pp. 167-175. The nangca (or langca)
is _Arctocarpus integrifolia_; the macupa (also known as tampoi),
_Eugenia malaccensis_;