tricts. Cigar values. 299

_Chapter_ XVIII

_Sundry Forest and Farm Produce_

Maize. Cacao-beans. Chocolate. 300
Cacao cultivation. Castor oil. Gogo. 302
Camote. Gabi. Potatoes. Mani (pea-nut). Areca-nut. Buyo. 303
Cocoanuts. Extraction of Tuba (beverage). 304
Cocoanut-oil extraction. Coprah. Coir. 305
Nipa palm. Cogon-grass. Cotton-tree. 307
Buri palm. Dita. Palma brava. Bamboo. 308
Bojo. Bejuco (Rattan-cane). Palasan (Bush-rope). 310
Gum mastic. Gutta-percha. Wax. Cinnamon. Edible
Bird's-nest. 311
Balate (Trepang). Sapan-wood. Tree-saps. 312
Hardwoods; varieties and qualities. 313
Molave wood tensile and transverse experiments. 315
Relative strengths of hardwoods. Timber trade. 317
Fruits; the Mango; the Banana; the Papaw, etc. 318
Guavas; Pineapples; Tamarinds; the Mabolo. 320
Sundry vegetable produce. Flowers. 321
Botanical specimens--curious and beautiful. Orchids. 322
Firewoods; Locust beans; _Amor seco_. 324
Botanical names given to islands, towns etc. 324
Medicinal herbs, roots, leaves and barks. Perfumes. 325

_Chapter_ XIX

_Mineral Products_

Coal import. Coal-mining ventures. 326
Comparative analyses of coal. 328
Gold-mining ventures. The Paracale and Mambulao mines. 329
Iron-mining ventures. Failures, poverty and suicide. 332
Copper. Marble. Stone. Gypsum. Sulphur. Mineral oil. 334

_Chapter_ XX

_Domestic Live-stock--Ponies, Buffaloes, Etc_.

Ponies. Horses. Buffaloes (_carabaos_). 336
Donkeys. Mules. Sheep. Fish. Insects. Reptiles. Snakes. 338
Butterflies. White ants. Bats. Deer. Wild boars. 340
Fowls. Birds. The Locust plague. Edible insects. 341

_Chapter_ XXI

_Manila Under Spanish Rule_

The fortified city. The moats. The drawbridges. 343
Public buildings in the city. The port in construction. 344
Manila Bay. Corregidor Island and Mariveles. 345
The Pasig River. Public lighting. Tondo suburb. 346
Binondo suburb. Chinese and native artificers. 347
Easter week. The vehicle traffic. 348
The Theatres. The _Carrillo_. The "_Moro Moro_"
performance. 349
The bull-ring. Annual feasts. Cock-fighting. 350
European club. Hotels. The Press. Spanish journalism. 351
Botanical gardens. Dwelling-houses. 353
Manila society. Water-supply. Climate. 354
Population of the Islands in 1845; of Manila in 18