1. Manila and the Philippines.--From Navarrete's Tratados historicos (Madrid, 1676), tratado vi, chaps, iii-viii; from a copy in the Library of Congress. Chaps. iii-iv appeared in VOL. XXXVII; the remainder is presented in the present volume. 2. Condition of the clergy.--In Ventura del Arco MSS (Ayer library), iii, pp. 1-5. 3. Prerogatives of ex-provincials.--From Hernaez's Colección de bulas, i, p. 592. 4. Royal patronage of Santo Tomás.--From Algunos documentos relat. á la Univ. de Manila, pp. 31-33. 5. Letter by Pizarro Orellana.--From a MS. in the Archivo general de Indias, Sevilla; pressmark, "Simancas--Eclesiastico; Audiencia de Filipinas; cartas y espedientes de los obispos sufraganeos de Manila; años 1597 á 1698; est. 68, caj. 1, leg. 34." 6. Insurrections by Filipinos. This is compiled from various early writers--Murillo Velarde, Diaz, Combés, and others--full references to these sources being given in the text itself. 7. Dampier in the Philippines.--From Dampier's Voyages (London ed. of 1703), i, pp. 279-402; from a copy in the library of Harvard University. NOTES [1] Diaz's account ante, gives this name as Juan de Velas. The Franciscan was Antonio de San Gregorio. [2] In no. 11 of his first tratado, p. 39, Navarrete says of this fruit: "The lechia, called li chi by the Chinese, is considered in that region as the queen of fruits. One is not deceived in this, for I am sure that if the ate [i.e., Anona] did not exceed it, I could not find any fruit that would be better. Although it is a fact that good things are few and scarce, lechias are so plentiful, that the yield in the maritime provinces alone is immense; but they do not lose any of the esteem in which they are held for that reason. They are small, being slightly larger than a large nut, and the shell is green and thin. The inside is as white as snow, and it has a kernel in the middle as black as jet. Its savor, taste, refreshing powers, and odor make one praise the Creator. When they eat them, they generally put them in fresh water, for they say that they are somewhat hot. They eat as many as they can, drink a little water, and then the appetite is keen to go at it again. The tree is very tall and beautiful. I discovered them for Governor Don Sabiniano Manrique de Lara in the mountains of Bantan, the year when I arrived at those islands. But, as they were wild, they were not so large as those in China. Mendoça calls them ciruelas [i.e., plums], but they deserve a better name." This tree is also known as the alipai (Euphoria litchi), which is the name given it by the natives. The name "lechia" may be a corruption of the Chinese; on the other hand the Chinese name as given by Navarrete may be the corruption of "lechia." Blanco (p. 199), describes the tree and fruit. See also Official Handbook of Philippines, p. 297. [3] Apparently referring to the direction of the wind, as determined on the circumference of the compass or other instrument.