They are well informed and have accumulated property.

They have not traveled much, but there is said to be quite a numerous colony of rich Filipinos in Madrid, as well as in Paris and London.

The bibliography of the Philippines is said to number 4,500 volumes, the greater part of which have been written by Spanish priests and missionaries.

The number of books on the subject in the English language is probably less than a dozen.
Climate.
The climate is one of the best known in the tropics.

The islands extend from 5 to 21 deg.