. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOPOGEAPHY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 269 importance. Unfortunately the climate is so unhealthy that some hundreds of convicts sent to clear the ground in the vicinity of the rising town all died of fever. The ancient city of ^ulu, at the western extremity of the island of like name, has also become a Spanish station, and the descendant of the dreaded sultans who ruled the whole archipelago together with North Borneo, is now nothing more than an obscure pensioner of the Philippine Government. His capital has lost all its industries, and the famous krisse
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. TOPOGEAPHY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 269 importance. Unfortunately the climate is so unhealthy that some hundreds of convicts sent to clear the ground in the vicinity of the rising town all died of fever. The ancient city of ^ulu, at the western extremity of the island of like name, has also become a Spanish station, and the descendant of the dreaded sultans who ruled the whole archipelago together with North Borneo, is now nothing more than an obscure pensioner of the Philippine Government. His capital has lost all its industries, and the famous krisses made at this place are now replaced by weapons of English or German manufacture. In the large island of Paragua or Palawan, Spain also maintains two military Fig. 118.—SuLu Archipelago. Scale 1 : 2,250, Easb oP Greenwich 0to25 Fathoms. 25 to 100 Fathoms. Depths. 100 to Fathoms. 1,000 to 2,000 Fathoms. , 30 Miles. 2 000 Fathoms and upwards. stations : Tay-fay, near the northern extremity on a well-sheltered inlet, and Puer to-Prince sa, on a fine natural harbour on the east coast. The forests in the immediate neighbourhood of the latter station are still occupied by the Tagbanvihoy, wild tribes of Malay origin, and the mountains of the interior are inhabited by the Bataks, who are supposed to be of Negrito stock. In the island of Balabac, facing the Bornean archipelago of Banguay, the only centre of population is a mere village, while the islets studding the China Sea farther west are Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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