Fourth: it is nearest Xapon, Hermosa Island, and Lequios.

Fifth: between there and China there are so many islands that the trip can be made in boats, and a close and quick communication can be kept up, and it is easy to repair any accident.

Sixth: there are thereabout several islands, called the Babuyanes, where there are swine, goats, and fowl in abundance, and considerable rice.

Seventh: there is in the land great store of swine and fowl, and excellent hunting of buffalo and deer, which are so common that two thousand large casks [_pipas_] of meat can be brought down in a few days.

Eighth: warehouses can and will be built there sufficient to hold a hundred thousand fanegas of rice, which is the staple food of this country.