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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55, 1629-30

Note 134 — Chapter XXIX

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He established a religious in Pototan, a village then ruined;134 and that village, as it was so small, was united, above Suagui, with another called Baong.135 Accordingly, a church was built there. This convent of Baong had more than one thousand Indians, and was a well-known place for recreation; but now, although it endures, it has but six hundred Indians. As it is remote from trade, and situated inland, residence there is regarded as exile. It is one day’s journey from Dumangás, and its river empties into that of Alaguer.

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