e._, where they join the
body], where nature has given them a certain sweet odor, which the
Indians use. Besides cattle, all the animals of Africa and more are
found in those islands--tigers, lions, bears, foxes, monkeys, apes,
squirrels--and in some of them are many civet-cats. These last are wont
to be hunted extensively, in order to take them to different nations
with the other merchandise of China--linens, silks, earthenware, iron,
copper, steel, quicksilver, and innumerable other things, which are
transported annually from those provinces. Religion and government
are the same as those of Espana; but in those islands that are still
unsubdued, foolish idolatry prevails. They attribute immortality
to their souls, but they believe that souls wander from one body to
another, according to that ridiculous [doctrine of] transmigration
invented or declared by Pythagoras. Trading is much in vogue, and is
advanced by the Chinese commerce. The Filipinos are more courageous
than their other neighbors.
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