a province of Lucon or Manila, one of the Philippine islands in the East Indies, belonging to the Spaniards. It is remarkable for producing excellent betel, which the inhabitants, Spaniards as well as natives, perpetually chew from morning till night. It is also the place where most of the ships are built. But the natives suffer much from this work; several hundreds of them being constantly employed in it, on the mountains, or at the port of Cavite. The king allows these labourers a piece-of-eight per month, with a sufficient quantity of rice. The whole province contains about 6000 tributary natives.