to give an account
of his work.

The country is fertile and healthy. It abounds in rice and palm-trees,
from which wine and a great quantity of brandy are made.

As already said, the natives of this province closely resemble the
Pintados--although the former are more slothful; for they spend nearly
all their time in drinking, while their wives cultivate the land. Like
the Pintados, they are a sociable people, and observe the same customs.

They all worship the ugly wooden idol, and talk to the demon. They
have also many wizards. Not having lived in this province, I am not
acquainted with their manner of sacrifice, nor have I found one who
could tell me of it.

_Mines_. As I have said, there are mines in Paracale, in the bay of
Caporaguay, and in the island of Catanduanes. All these districts
are in the neighborhood of the town of Caceres.

_Distances_. From Pasacao, one has to follow the coast of the island
eastward twenty leagues to Bucaygan, and sixty leagues more to the
northwest, before he reaches Vicor River. All this may be shortened to
the three leagues [by land] between Pasacao and the Vicor River. The
distance between Vicor River and the cape of Babuyanes--situated at
the other end of the island, toward Japan, as above stated--is one
hundred and twenty leagues. The coast between Vicor and Babuyanes is
rugged, and extends northwest and southeast. Not all this land is
inhabited, but only three districts of it, namely: the province of
Valete, with about eight hundred Indians; ten leagues farther, that
of Casiguran, with about five hundred Indians (a district resembling
Ylocos, which lies on the opposite coast, although the two provinces
have no communication, because of the ruggedness of the country);
and, farther on, the province of Alanao River. This last is well
peopled, and produces gold and cotton; its native Indians resemble
those of Valete and Casiguran. Besides these three districts, no other
settlement on this coast is encountered until the cape of Babuyanes is
reached. From the cape the coast runs east and west until the river of
Cagayan is reached. This is a very large river. It is twelve leagues
from the cape to the mouth of this river.

_River Cagayan_. Cagayan is a river of great volume, although its bar
forms shallows. At high tide the bar has two brazas of water, and at
low tide one. On its banks are large settlements with a population of
more than thirty thousand. The people gather a great