"--_Rizal_.
[124] Now the port of Sorsogon.--_Rizal_.
[125] Now the port of Mariveles (?).--_Rizal_.
[126] Subik (?).--_Rizal_.
[127] Mindoro is at present [1890] so depopulated that the minister of
the Colonies, in order to remedy this result of Spanish colonization,
wishes to send there the worst desperadoes of the peninsula, to see
if great criminals will make good colonists and farmers. All things
considered, given the condition of those who go, it is indubitable
that the race that succeeds must know how to defend itself and live,
so that the island may not be depopulated again.--_Rizal_.
[128] Samar. This proves contrary to the opinion of Colin, who places
Tendaya in Leite.--_Rizal_.
[129] Southeastern part of Samar.--_Rizal_.
[130] Colin says, however, that they did tattoo the chins and
about the eyes [_barbas y cejas_]. The same author states also that
the tattooing was done little by little and not all at once. "The
children were not tattooed, but the women tattooed one hand and
part of the other.
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