This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...Describe the surface of Antique province. What are the products? Name the capital. Large towns. The province of Romblon includes the islands of Pombldn, Tobias, Sibuyan, and some other small islands. The central island, Romblon, is small, but has a large population. The harbor is one of the best in the Philippines. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...Describe the surface of Antique province. What are the products? Name the capital. Large towns. The province of Romblon includes the islands of Pombldn, Tobias, Sibuyan, and some other small islands. The central island, Romblon, is small, but has a large population. The harbor is one of the best in the Philippines. Cattle, copra, coconut oil, mats, and marble,1 are exported. The people are Visayans. Tablas and Sibuyan are poorer islands than Romblon. Here the people live mainly by fishing. Palawan is the main island of the group that forms the province Palawan. A mountain range runs through its center. Some peaks are more than two thousand meters high. The Tagbanuas and Bataks, wild people, live in the mountain forests. They carry on a trade in wax and other forest products with the Visayans of the coast. Moros live in the southern part of the island. The population of Palawan is about ten thousand. There are some plants and animals in Palawan province that are not found in other parts of the Philippines. One is a longnosed animal that eats ants. Another is the pelandoc, or little mouse deer, of the island of Balabac. This deer is less than a 1 Marble is a fine kind of building stone. Malay bear foot high. The Malay or sun bear is found on the island of Palawan. Puerto Princesa, on a fine harbor, is the capital. Here the government has a great farm where prisoners are sent from other islands to cultivate the land. Gum, wax, rattan, and timber are the chief exports. The Cuyos islands belong to the province of Palawan. Cuyo has a large population. Turtle fishing is an industry there. The Calamianes islands and many other small islands also belong to Palawan province. On the island of Culion the government has built a town for the lepers of the Philippines. He...
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Fair. Signed. Signed by author on title page. No dust jacket. Covers show spotting of fading, bleaching, surface rubbing, scuffing, discoloration and browning from age. Edges show some fading, rubbing, scuffing and light bleaching. Pages are browned from age.
