[92] The early name of the islands now known as Visayas (or Bisayas)--the group lying between Luzón, Mindanao, and Mindoro; so named from their inhabitants, known as Pintados ("painted men") from their tattooed bodies. [93] Referring to the abacá, or wild plantain (note 68). [94] Referring to the birth of a son to Felipe II and Anna of Austria--probably that of Jacobo (or Jaime), born in 1572 or 1573, who died in 1582. [95] The name and title of this commander are, by some _lapsus calami_, omitted in the MS. The reference, however, is obvious, to Don Juan of Austria, illegitimate son of Cárlos I (but finally publicly acknowledged by him); this prince gained signal renown in wars against the Mahometans. [96] The Rio Grande of Mindanao. [97] The first-born son of Felipe was Fernando, born in 1571; he died at the age of four years. The town named for him is now called Vigan; it is located on Abra River, and is capital of the province of Ilocos Sur, Luzón. [98] Of the decrees here referred to, two may be found in _Recopilación de leyes de las Indias_ (5th ed., Madrid, 1841), lib. viii. One (tit. iv, ley xxiv) provides that vacancies in crown offices shall be filled by the viceroy, or by the president of the Audiencia; the other (tit. x, ley xviii), that gold and silver found in seaports, which has not been duly taxed and stamped, shall, if there be no smelting establishment in such place, be forfeited to the royal treasury. [99] See _post_, p. 286. [100] Apparently a reference to the custom of _taboo_ (or _tabu_), of which traces exist among primitive peoples throughout the world, but most of all in Polynesia. The word means "sacred"--that is, set aside or appropriated to persons or things regarded as sacred; but the custom, although doubtless originating in religious observances, gradually extended as a social usage. It is among many peoples connected with totemism, and is considered by many writers as the gradual outgrowth of animistic beliefs. [101] This was Doctor Francisco de Sande, who entered upon his duties as governor of the Philippines in August, 1575. He had previously been a member of the Audiencia of Mexico. While governor, he desired to undertake the conquest of China; but Felipe II ordered him to confine his activities to the preservation of what Spain had already gained in the islands. Sande was recalled in 1580. [102] Thus in the original (_setenta y cinco_); but it must be a slip of the writer, since Legazpi removed to Manila in May, 1571, which was organized as a city a year later--as is shown by the "Documents of 1571-72," _ante_. [103] The _marco_ was the unit of weight used in weighing gold and silver in the different Latin countries. In Spain it was equivalent to O.507641 lb.