[31] The most important starch-producing palm of the Philippines is the buri (Corypha umbraculifera) which gave name to the island of Burias and from which sago is obtained. "It blooms but once, and then perishes" (Blanco). The sago is procured by felling the tree near the root, and taking out the soft interior portion of the trunk, which is placed in casks or troughs and the bitter sap drained off. It is then pounded with paddles or mallets, which separate the starch into fine grains. The starch is then gathered and dried, and converted into flour. A wine is also obtained from the tree. See Census of Philippines, iv, p. 123; also Blanco's Flora, p. 160; Delgado's Historia, pp. 660-662; and VOL. XXXIV, p. 154, note 499. [32] A reference to Psalm cxlvii, v. 16: "[Praise the Lord,] Who giveth snow like wool." [33] Valentyn mentions the village of Cajeli (Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien, deel iii, p. 134 of section on Macasar). Crawfurd describes Kaili as a country on the western side of Celebes. [34] Probably the paper mulberry (Brousson etia papyrifera), from which the South Sea islanders make their clothing, using the inner bark. See Crawfurd's Dict. Ind. Islands, pp. 327, 328. [35] On the map in Valentyn's work, referred to in note 30, ante, appears the village of Mamoia, north of Macasar. [36] Mandhar is a district of Celebes, lying between Kaili and Macasar; its people have a language peculiar to themselves, and are among the more civilized peoples of that island. (Crawfurd's Dictionary, pp. 88, 264.) [37] This document in the Ventura del Arco MSS. is evidently a mere synopsis of the original. [38] "In the year 61 the three bishops had died--Don Fray Rodrigo de Cardenas, of Nueva Segovia; Don Fray Antonio de San Gregorio, of Nueva Cazeres; and Doctor Don Juan Velez (a cleric, formerly dean of the holy church of Manila), of Zebú; and the royal decrees for the new incumbents did not reach Manila until the year 65. Therein were proposed the following names: For the diocese of Nueva Segovia, Fray Francisco de Navarro, a discalced Franciscan, who set a most unusual example by refusing so honorable a dignity. For that of Nueva Cazeres, Fray Francisco de la Madre de Dios (or de la Alameda) also a discalced Franciscan; but the royal decree found him dead two years before. For that of Zebú, the most illustrious Don Fray Juan Lopez, who came in this ship 'San Joseph,' and had been already consecrated in Mechoacan." (Concepción, Hist. de Philipinas, vii, pp. 140, 141.)