The rest of the archipelago is but the tail to the Luzon kite.

Luzon contains 4,000,000 of the 8,000,000 people out there, and Manila is to the Filipino people what Paris is to the French and to France.

Luzon is about the size of Ohio, and the other six islands that really matter, are in size mere little Connecticuts and Rhode Islands, and in population mere Arizonas or New Mexicos." [321] This paragraph is no exception to the general rule that the statements of this author will not bear analysis.

One of the other six islands that he says really matters is Samar.

Its area is 5031 square miles.