IX. The Provinces--Beauty Spots 69

Laguna Province--Pagsanjan Falls 71

Calamba 78

Los Baños Mineral Springs 78

College of Agriculture 79

Rizal Province 72

Antipolo--Virgin of Antipolo 73

Cavite Province 73

Zapote Bridge 74

The United States Naval and Radio Station 74

Kawit 75

Batangas Province 75

Historical Incidents 76

Attractions 76

Taal Volcano 76

Tayabas Province 78

Botocan Falls 78

Lucena and Atimonan 78

The Bicol Provinces 79

Sceneries 80

Historical Incidents 80

Peerless Mayon 81

Bulacan Province 82

Description and History 82

Attractions 83

Biac-na-Bato 83

Mineral Baths at Marilao 83

Malolos, the Seat of the Philippine Republic 83

Pampanga Province 83

Attractions 84

Tarlac Province 85

Medicinal Springs 85

Nueva Ecija Province--The Rice Granary of the Islands 85

The Government Agricultural School at Muñoz 86

Bataan Province 86

Attractions 86

Historical 86

Mariveles 87

Mount Mariveles 87

Zambales Province 88

Naval Station at Olongapo and Fortifications on

Grande Island 88

Pangasinan--Second Largest Rice Producing Province 89

Salt Making and Industries 89

Historical Events 89

The Mountain Province and Sub-provinces 90

The Rice Terraces in Ifugao 91

Gold Mining and Household Industries 92

La Union and the Ilocos Provinces--Household Industries 92

Abra Province 94

The Cagayan Valley--The Tobacco Region 95

The Cagayan River 95

Isabela Province and the Town of Palanan 96

Nueva Vizcaya Province--The Salt Incrusted Mountain 96

Mindoro Province 96

Mineral Deposits 97

The Submarine Garden at Puerto Galera 97

Palawan Province 97

Iwahig Penal Colony 98

Culion Leper Colony 98

The Underground River 99

Romblon Province--Marble Deposits 99

The Visayas 99

Samar, the First Island Discovered by the Spaniards 99

Iloilo and Capiz--Beautiful Caves and Cliffs of White

Coral Rock 100

Negros Island--The Principal Sugar Producing District 101

The Haciendas and the Sugar Centrals 101

The Silliman Institute at Dumaguete 101

The Volcano of Magaso 102

Cebu Province 102

San Miguel, the First Spanish Settlement 102

Bohol Province 103

The Rebellions of 1622 and 1744 103

Medicinal Springs and Caves 104

Leyte Province 104

Abundance of minerals 104

Limasawa--Where Mass Was First Celebrated in the

Philippines 104

The Island of Mindanao 105

Origin of Name 105

Introduction of Islam 105

Province of Zamboanga 105

Cotabato Province 106

Increasing Christian Population 106

The Large Lakes in Cotabato Province 106

Mount Apo 106

Bukidnon Province, an Unsurpassed Region for Cattle 107

Beautiful Lake Lanao and the Maria Cristina Falls 107

Davao Province, the Finest Hemp Land in the Island 108

Agusan and Surigao Provinces--Minerals and Agricultural

Products 108

The Sulu Archipelago 109

Description, Principal Ports and Industries 109

Introduction of Mohammedanism 110

The Sultan of Sulu and His Present Position 111

The Policy of Attraction Carried Out by the Insular

Government 111

The Town of Jolo--Chinese Pier and Ariolas' Walk 112

The Language for the Tourist 113

Number of Filipinos Who speak, read and write English 113

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