CALAMIANES, a group of small islands in the Eastern Seas, about twelve in number, and situated to the north and north-east of the Philippines. They are surrounded by numerous shoals and rocks, which render the navigation intricate and dangerous. The largest of these islands are called Busvagon and Calamiane, and the latter is about twenty-three miles in length by five in breadth.
Calamine the whole constituting a province under its name, which is
Calamy. II. divided between the Sultan of Borneo and the Spaniards.
Calamy. There are besides numerous tribes of natives who dwell
in the interior parts, without chiefs or established laws.
The island produces the edible birds-nests which the
Chinese consider as so great a delicacy, and it trades be-
sides in rice, honey, and wax. Pearls are found on the
coast. Long. 120. 20. E. Lat. 12. N.