The inhabitants of the Philippines . pons of the Highlanders of LuzonIgorrote Dresses and Ornaments, Water-Jar, Dripstones, Pipes, and BasketsAnitos, Highlands of Luzon .Anito of the Igorrotes .Igorrote Drums Tinguianes, Aeta, and IgorrotesVicoLS preparing Hemp :— Cutting the Plant Separating the Petioles Adjusting under the Knife Drawing out the FibreVisAYAS Women at a LoomLieut. P. Garcia and Local Militia of Ba- GANGA, CARAGA (EAST COAST) Atas from the Back Slopes of the ApoHeathen Guiangas, from the Slopes of the Apo Father Gisbert, , exhorting a Bagobo\Datto and his Followers to Aband
The inhabitants of the Philippines . pons of the Highlanders of LuzonIgorrote Dresses and Ornaments, Water-Jar, Dripstones, Pipes, and BasketsAnitos, Highlands of Luzon .Anito of the Igorrotes .Igorrote Drums Tinguianes, Aeta, and IgorrotesVicoLS preparing Hemp :— Cutting the Plant Separating the Petioles Adjusting under the Knife Drawing out the FibreVisAYAS Women at a LoomLieut. P. Garcia and Local Militia of Ba- GANGA, CARAGA (EAST COAST) Atas from the Back Slopes of the ApoHeathen Guiangas, from the Slopes of the Apo Father Gisbert, , exhorting a Bagobo\Datto and his Followers to Abandontheir Custom of Making Human Sacri-fices The Datto Manib, Principal Bagani of theBagobos, with some Wives and Followersand Two MissionariesThe Moro Sword and Spear .MOROS OF the Bay of Mayo .Moro Lantacas and Coat of MailSeat of the Moro Power, Lake LanaoDouble-barrelled Lantaca of Artistic De-sign and Moro Arms .... To face p. 254258 259261 264 „ 266 „ 276 287 305 333347 „ 349 \Betweenpp. 350-1 To face p. 363367373377 387. THE INHABITANTS OF THE PHILIPPINES. CHAPTER I. EXTENT, BEAUTY AND FERTILITY. Extent, beauty, and fertility of the Archipelago—Variety of landscape—Vegetation—Mango trees—Bamboos. Extent. The Philippine Archipelago, in which I include the Sulugroup, lies entirely within the northern tropic ; the southern-most island of the Tawi-tawi group called Sibutu reachesdown to 4° 38 N., whilst Yami, the northernmost islet ofthe Batanes group, lies in 21° 7 N. This gives an extremelength of 1100 miles, whilst the extreme breadth is about680 miles, measured a little below the 8th parallel from theIsland of Balabac to the east coast of Mindanao. Various authorities give the number of islands and isletsat 1200 and upwards ; many have probably never beenvisited by a white man. We need only concern ourselveswith the principal islands and those adjacent to them. From the hydrographic survey carried out by officersof the Spanish Navy, the following areas ha
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