The Visayas Islands contain fewer heathen than any other part of the Philippines. In Panay there are a few Negritos and Mundos; in Negros some Negritos and Carolanos. The illustration opposite p. 207 is a full-length photograph of Tek Taita, a Negrito from this island. In Cebú a few Mundos live around the peak of Danao. In Bohol, Leyte, and Samar there are no heathen savages. It may be said that the heathen in these islands would have died out before now but that they are reinforced continually by remontados, or fugitives from justice, also by people whose inclination for a savage life, or whose love of rapine renders the humdrum life of their village insupportable to them. The following Table gives the area of each of the six larger islands, and the population in 1877. Area in square miles. Population according to Census of 1877. Capitals. Panay (divided into 4,898 777,777 [29] Capiz. three provinces-- Antique. Capiz, Antique, Ilo-ilo. Ilo-ilo) Negros 3,592 204,669 Bacolod. Cebú 2,285 403,296 Cebú. Bohol 1,226 226,546 Tagbilaran. Leyte 3,706 220,515 Tacloban. Samar 5,182 178,890 Catbalogan. --------- 2,011,693 Panay.--This island is approximately an equilateral triangle, with the western edge nearly north and south, having one apex pointing south. A chain of mountains extends in a curved line from the northern to the southern point, enclosing an irregular strip of land which forms the province of Antique. The rivers in this part of the island are naturally short and unimportant. The northern part of the island is the province of Capiz, the principal river is the Panay, which, rising in the centre of the island, runs in a northerly direction for over thirty miles, entering the sea at the Bay of Sapian. The eastern and southern part of the island is the province of Ilo-ilo. The principal river is the Talana, which, rising quite near the source of the River Panay, runs in a southerly and south-easterly direction into the channel between Negros and Panay to the north of the island of Guimaras. There are many spurs to the principal range of mountains, but between them is a considerable extent of land under cultivation. The province of Ilo-ilo is one of the richest and most densely-populated in the Philippines. It now contains at least half a million inhabitants.