Island of Taguima. Not far from this Cinnamon Point, lies the island of Taguima, which is about fourteen leagues in circumference, and four leagues wide.  It has a population of about five hundred Indians, with two encomenderos.  In all parts of Mindanao are found a great many civet-cats.  The Portuguese ships, on their way from Malaca to Maluco for cloves, pass by this island, and formerly did much harm to the natives, often committing acts of treachery while making that passage.  Civet-cats are found in all parts of the island of Mindanao; but the people are poorly supplied with food and clothing.

Island of Soloc.  Twenty leagues from this Cinnamon Point lies the island of Soloc.  Its inhabitants are Moros from Burney.  It was discovered at the same time as was the river of Burney.  The island is about twenty-four leagues in circumference, and is said to have somewhat more than one thousand inhabitants.  It is said to have elephants and a fine pearl-fishery.  It belongs to one of the encomenderos of Cubu, and is within the jurisdiction of that city.

Island of Mindanao, continued.  All the region northeast of Dapitan, as far as the river of Butuan, is under one encomendero, except the villages of Gonpot and Cagayan.  These two villages, on account of their production of cinnamon, are under his Majesty, although their population is small, not exceeding two hundred men.  The same encomendero has charge also of the district between Dapitan and almost to the Cinnamon Point, so that his encomienda in this island of Mindanao is of nearly sixty leagues’ extent; he is also encomendero of the above-mentioned island of Soloc, and holds another encomienda in the island of Cubu.  With all this, he is poor [and dying of hunger:  crossed out in original MS.], and cannot help laying hands on all the discovered land of Mindanao

Rivers:  Paniguian, Ydac, Matanda, Ytanda, Tago, Ono, Beslin—­all of which have about three thousand men, for the most part hostile.  Around the river Butuan, which belongs to Guido de la Vecaris, dwell about six hundred Indians who are in this island.  Farther on are to be found the rivers Surigao, Parasao and others, all poor regions notwithstanding their gold-placers.  The same may be said of the rivers Paniguian, Ydac, Matanda, Ytanda, Tago, Ono, and Beslin—­all of which have a population of about three thousand, mostly hostile.

Two attempts have been made to explore the chief river of Mindanao—­the most important of the island, and from which the island of Mindanao derives its name—­but with little result, for our people have been able to discover only six or seven villages.  Of these villages the principal one is where the petty king lives; others are Tanpacan, Boayen, and Valet, with others, which, according to what has been seen, have a population of a little more than three thousand, although it is reported that there are many more than that number.