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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 43, 1670-1700

Note 24 — Letters from Father Mateo Gisbert to the Reverend Fathers and Brothers of Veruela

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Cabo Negro (Caryota urens) is a palm from which a kind of starch or sago is extracted. The camagon (Diospyros discolor) is a native persimmon tree 30 to 45 ft. high growing in Luzón and some of the other islands. See Census of Philippines, iv, pp. 139, 143.

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