one of the Philippine islands in the East Indies, situated in E. Long. 118. 0. N. Lat. 11. 0. Its greatest length is about 40 leagues, and its circumference about 90 or 100. Its soil on the east side is very fruitful; but there are very high mountains which cut it almost through the middle, and occasion so great an alteration in the air, that when it is winter on the north-side, it is summer on the southern part of the island. Thus when the inhabitants of one half of the year reap, the others sow; and they have two plentiful harvests in a year, to which the rivers running down from the abovementioned mountains contribute not a little. The island contains about 9000 inhabitants, who pay tribute to the Spaniards in rice, wax, and quilts. The people have two good customs; the first, to entertain each other interchangeably when they travel; the other, never to alter the price of provisions on account of any scarcity, and this under severe penalties.