[56] The _U.S. Gazetteer of the Philippine Islands_ (p. 374) says that the lake of Bonbon or Taal is second in importance among the lakes of Luzon. Its circumference is seventy-five miles, being seventeen miles from north to south and twelve and one-half miles from east to west: It reaches a depth of one hundred and six fathoms very near shore. The crater of the volcano of Taal in its center supplies quantities of sulphur. [57] The last parochial census (before 1893) gave Taal 32,908 inhabitants, and says that from it was formed the village of Lemery, which has 16,738 inhabitants.--_Coco_. Bulletin No. 1 (_ut supra_) gives the present civilized population of Taal as 17,525. The chief industries of the people are agriculture, herding, fishing, and the coast trade. Lemery has 11,150 civilized inhabitants. [58] For a late discussion of the volcanoes of the Philippines, see Bulletin No. 3 of _The Census of the Philippine Islands_, "Volcanoes and Seismic Centers," published by the Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census (Washington, 1904). [59] Today (1893) Tanauan has 21,363 inhabitants; Lipa, 40,031; Bauang, 39,275; and Batangas, 35,156.--_Coco_. The Bulletin's figures give Tanauan 18,263 civilized inhabitants; Lipa, 37,934; Bauang, 39,094; and Batangas, 33,131. [60] This lake has a coast-line of 108 miles, and its two greatest diameters are respectively 32 and 28 miles. Fifteen rivers empty into it. See _U.S. Gazetteer of the Philippine Islands._ [61] The original reads: "_porque dos Iglesias_," which we have regarded as a misprint for "_porque dos leguas_." [62] The original is "_de voto_." Perhaps Medina means that the religious at this visita had the right of voting at the election of the provincial.--_Coco_. [63] Calumpit has now (1893) 15,024 inhabitants.--_Coco_. Bulletin No. 1 (_ut supra_) gives the present civilized population of Calumpit as 13,897. [64] A small bird, native to the island of Cerdena, whose nest is utilized by the cuckoo. The context, however, suggests that the word may be a misprint for _mezquitas_, referring to the mezquit (_Algarobia_) of Nueva Espana--the writer meaning that along the Quingua valley were numerous thickets of some shrub resembling the mezquit. The river is now fringed with clumps of prickly bamboo. It is also possible that _mosquitas_ is simply a misprint for _mosquitos_ ("mosquitoes"). [65] Fray Pedro Mejia was born in La Mancha, and professed in the Augustinian convent at Valladolid. He became prior of Guadalupe in 1621, and later definitor and visitor. He was minister at Narvacan in 1611 and of the Tagal villages of Calumpit, Bauan, and Guiguinto until his death in 1659. See Perez's _Catalogo_, p. 94.