20. That of Camigui, with the bay of Liangàn, has six hundred families. _Baqua_ 21. That of Baqua has charge of one thousand two hundred families divided among six villages. _Parasao_ 22. That of Parasao governs eight hundred families who live in that place. _Bagangan_ 23. That of Bagangan, with eight hundred other Christian families. _Tuggaban_ 24. That of Tuggaban has in charge one thousand three hundred families. _Banton_ 25. That of Banton, with one thousand two hundred families. _Divàil_ 26. That of Divàil cares for one thousand three hundred families. _Paràva_ 27. That of Paràva administers one thousand families. _Sampongan_ 28. That of Sampongan governs six hundred families. _Surigao_ 29. That of Surigao another six hundred. _Casteèl_ 30. That of Casteèl, a like number. Father Fray Christoval de Santa Monica, father of the said province, commissary and procurator-general, added: _Gura_ 31. That of Gura. _Baler_ 32. That of Baler. _Binangonan_ 33. That of Binangonan. In other records and documents which have come from the said province is found the relation of: _Abucaì_ 34. That of Abucaì. _Dagat_ 35. That of Dagat. _Tebastlan_ 36. That of Tebastlan. Many of the said convents are no longer in existence now, either through lack of religious, or for other accidental reasons; because these have occurred, it has been deemed advisable to abandon them--although the churches are still standing and are cared for, and our religious visit those villages, preserving them in the faith, so that the spiritual food is not wanting to them. § XII _Mention of some hardships which Ours have suffered in the spread of the Catholic faith_ It would be beyond our powers to tell what Ours suffered in spreading the gospel truth, and in drawing the souls of so many barbarians and heathen from their blindness and errors; for, as they have cared more for gaining the reward of heaven than of earth, what is known of it is little or almost nothing. We trust in God, who can reward those who serve Him, and that He will have given great glory to those who have suffered so much for the extension of His honor, by bringing so many people to recognize Him. Let us, then, relate that the father-provincial of the above named houses visits them three times during the term of his office--and that with so great perils by land and water that the preservation of his life seems a special providence of heaven. Father Fray Onofre de la Madre de Dios was met on one of those occasions by more than twenty caracoas of pirates and was obliged to cast himself into the water, together with his secretary. They went to an island, where, naked and without food, they suffered those miseries that can be imagined.