17 March 1792
Sorsogon is a pueblo in decay. Its population is not more than 200 [crossed out words]. The many though small streams springing from the [crossed
Sorsogon is a pueblo in decay. Its population is not more than 200 [crossed out words]. The many though small streams springing from the [crossed
They grow here a substantial number of varieties of plants. I proceeded to Bacon, whose soil is almost the same. Its mountains, which II crossed
The road from Oas to Yraga [Iriga] which I took on the 23rd of April by way of Polangui is not alike and quite different
The continuous Igorot attacks against travellers on their way from Nabua to Nueva Caceres made me take the necessary precautions to avoid them. For this
I, therefore, resolved to avoid unprofitable expenses, and, on the [18th] 28th*, I embarked on the squadron of small ships destined for privateering. The whole
On the 2nd of May, we sailed on and reached Capalonga, second pueblo that sustains itself solely by transporting its bonga for the market in
I arrived on the 22nd in Mambulao, the famous mining camp situated on an elevated terrain in a cove with a narrow beach gouged with
On the (?)* I made my way to Mauban always by boat. The next day I went to Apag, a small pueblo of 26 tributes
On the 24th, these observation trips finished, I sailed again for Mauban but the lovely forests that appeared before me a little after obliged me
On the 28th I went to Atimonan, a big town surrounded by paling and some baluartes. Its houses are roofed with tiles; its streets not
(The following sentence was crossed out but legible.) On the 29th I went to Mauban, where I had the pleasure of coming across our chief,
On the 6th of June, I arrived in Cavinti, a small pueblo on a rise that blocks two streams. In its outskirts, there are excellent
On the 20th I boarded a parao, sailed downriver and entered Manila on the 21st at three o’clock in the afternoon. (Probably because of the