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REMARKS ON THE PHILLIPPINE ISLANDS AND ON THEIR CAPITAL MANILA, 1819 to 1822

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The following remarks are drawn up by one but little accustomed to writing, and offered with much diffidence. In them the Spanish character will be found perhaps severely treated; but it is necessary to remark, that not only these observations are, from their very nature, general; but farther, that they have no reference to the genuine or European Spanish character – a character of which the writer has but little knowledge, and one as essentially different from that which falls under consideration in the following pages, as the society of all convict colonies is from that of the mother country.[1]

  1. The full title of this book is as follows: Remarks on the Philippine Islands, and on their capital Manila. 1819 to 1822. By an Englishman. "When a traveller returneth home, let him not leave the countries where he hath travelled altogether behind him." Lord BaconEssays. Calcutta: Printed at the Baptist mission Press, Circular Road; and sold by Messrs. W. Thacker and Co. St. Andrew's Library. 1828. Opposite the title-page is a folding map, entitled "Map of the province of Tondo." It is Spanish, dated 1819; and shows as well portions of the adjacent provinces. The book is dedicated "To Holt Mackenzie, Esq. This Work is respectfully inscribed, by his obedient humble servant, The Author. Calcutta, March, 1828." Notes signed "Eds." are supplied by the Editors; the rest are those of the author himself. The original text is reproduced as exactly as possible.