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They depart from the River of Mindanao. Of the time lost or gain'd in sailing round the World: With a Caution to Seamen, about the allowance they are to make for the difference of the Suns declination. The South Coast of Mindanao. Chambongo Town and Harbour, with its Neighbouring Keys. Green-Turtle. Ruins of a Spanish Fort. The Westermost point of Mindanao. Two Proes of the Solo- gues laden from Manila. An Isle to the West of Sebo. Walking-Canes. Isle of Batts, very large: and numerous Turtle and Manatee. A dangerous Shoal. They sail by Panay be- longing to the Spaniards, and others of the Philippine Islands. Isle of Mindora. Two Barks taken. A further account of the Isle Luconia, and the City and Harbour of Ma- nila. They go for Pulo Condore to lye there. The Shoals of Pracel, &c. Pulo Condore. The Tar-tree. The Mango. Grape-tree. The Wild or Bastard-Nutmeg. Their Animals. Of the Migration of the Turtle from place to place. Of the Commodious Situation of Pulo Condore; its Water, and its Cochinchinese Inhabitants. Of the Malayan Tongue. The custom of prostituting their Women in these Countries, and in Guinea. The Idolatry here, at Tunquin, and among the Chinese Sea- men, and of a Procession at Fort St. George. They