2 S S T T Z m fle r 1119kT Wn*°Aheanoie? tS’ and pliDy describes market of Rome at 12 denarn the pound, equal to 11«. id. the ptohuenidr parviocier diunD othise
or about five times their present cost. 1 avoirdupois,
CARIMATA, m Malay, Kurimata, the name of an island on the south-western
s Z t h f a t f tX l ’ W i re%letagUeSi m 1? gt> a?d of which tbe north-west end is in
the l e v e l Of J ’ f lo“»*>de 108° 49'. Its highest hill is 2000 feet above
S L ! ! i • , . V1Si ble f tbe dlstance of 15 or 16 leagues. Between it and
“ K M T ? 1 a aD ro > tbe largest named Surutu, two others Pulo Dua or
and the k m i gTOUP,na“ ed Pul° Llma °r “ five islets.” Between Carimata
“ atons o f tZ v e a r r ° “ f Car™ata Passage, a route for large shipping at certain
r s Tta J°" r^S *.»
CAb v m ^ a t o r ^ O S’ tn ^ Ul° Krimun> the name of two islands called
riflVM aDd Plttle Ca™non; situated towards the eastern extremity
land thrnf,lu f , \ aC?a' i Tbe smaller island is about two miles in length, and high
W r $ ■ i the highest Ijar;fc about 500 feet above the level of the sea. The
rilfs to 2000 feet P. ^ miles m length and 5 in breadth, and its most elevated part
S J h , O ! I ■ T ! granitic formation, and the smaller island, and prolse
a t ° 01'es °f tm- . Io a visit which I made to the Little Carimon in
824, I procured the finest specimen of alluvial tin that I have ever seen, a round
mass of about 15 pounds weight, which had been very little rolled, for the surface was
Perfect crystals of the oxide. The smaller island is uninhabited, but the
Jehor a ^ f L T wW*1 e fishermen- Both form part of the State of
Convention of 18^4, to the K h . ° P ^ o u n t sovereignty belongs, by the
CARIMON JAY A, or th e Javanese Carimon, a name given to it by European
mariners to distinguish it from the last-named islands, is, in Javanese, Krimun. I t is
he largest of a group of islets on the northern coast of Java, opposite to the Pro-
ontoiy of Japara. The inhabitants are Javanese, simple, inoffensive, and poor,
bouth latitude 5 50, and east longitude 110° 34'.
CAiS5 2 ^ A-a iF' T b isb il,d erroneously supposed to be a native of the Sunda
m V S WD a mhahitauts of these countries only as an imported stranger.
Mo S h ™ ! isSuwan, from which, most probably, the European one is taken.
Most probably it will be found to be a native of Ceram and New Guinea only, and
like the cockatoos crown pigeons, and birds of Paradise, of the last island/made
known to the inhabitants of the west through the Malay and Javanese, who have
immemorially carried on a trade with the country of the Papuans.
CA^ ‘ domestio ca.t of tbe Malays has the same form, colour, and habits, as
the European except m one respect, that the tail seldom exceeds three or four inches
in length, and always ends m a kind of crook, a peculiarity, however, not confined to
it, lor the same characteristic belongs to the Burmese cat. The origin of the Malavan
domestic cat is equally obscure with that of the European. . It is well known to all
the civilised inhabitants. Its most common name throughout the Asiatic Islands
with slight corruptions is kuching, but sometimes it takes its name from its cry
Thus meong is, along with kuching, a synonyme for it in Javanese V and in Bugis, the
S « T au- In, Javanese, while there are several foreign epithets for the
dog, the hog, the horse, and the elephant, there is not even one for the cat. So far
found to bTfnd^enous.0^ 8' ^ °f d°meStiC M&lay °at wil1 Probably be’
CATA1TOUANES. An island on the eastern coast of the great island of Luzon,
and distant 24 leagues from that of the province of South Camarines, lying betweeii
north latitudes 13 30 and 14° 7', and east longitudes 123° 57' and 124° 24' Its
extreme length from north to south is 124, and its extreme breadth, from east to
w st, 7 | leagues, its area bemg computed at 55 square leagues. The heat of the
a n T t^V c h ^ Pcf V7i seabreef s> and bJ th e biSb mountains which it contains,
and two chains of which run through it from north to south. It is, however, subject
abundant! r T barb-our?1 to afford ®belteP from the north-east monsoon. It is
tnld d l i supplied with small rivers, from the sands of which the natives obtain
gold dust. Ih e soil is fertile and productive m rice, maiz, sesame, indigo, cotton,
CATECHU 85 CEBU
and abaca, and it has good pastures for rearing horses and oxen. The abundant
forests of its mountains yield good timber for ship-building, while the building of boats,
which are sent for sale to Mindoro and other places, is one of the principal branches
of native industry. The total population of Catanduanes, by the census of 1850 was
20,910, the tribute payers being 3900, and the amount of the tribute 39,000 reals of
plate. The first Spanish missionaries sent to this island were put to death by the
then rude natives, who are now among the most peaceable and docile of the
Philippine Christians.
CATECHU, the Cutch of European trade, and the kachu of the Malays, is the
inspissated sap of several species of Acacia, obtained by the simple process of boiling
the wood. The article is brought from Pegu to the European emporia, but I am not
aware that any is produced in the Malayan countries themselves. In common with
Gambier, the produce of the leaves of a nauelea, it is now largely exported to
Europe and America for its tannin, to be used in tanning and dyeing.
CAUTO. Diogo de Cauto, the author of the Asia Portuguesa, was horn in Lisbon
in 1542, and died at Goa in 1616, at the age of 74. He seems to have gone to India
at the early age of 14, and after passing ten years there in a military capacity, to have
returned to Portugal. Soon after, however, he went back to India, so that he passed
the greater part of his life in that country. His Indian experience, however, does
not seem to have extended to any of the Asiatic Islands, as is evident from the
palpable mistakes into which he falls in respect to the sense and orthography of
Malayan words. Writing later than De Barros, he furnishes some additional information,
but is greatly inferior to him, both in authenticity and intelligence.
CAVITÉ, anciently Cauit, one of the 20 provinces of the island of Luzon, and of the
35 of the Spanish Philippines. It has the metropolitan province of Tondo to the
north and the provinces of Batangas and Laguna to the south, with the Bay of
Manilla to the west. It contains the high mountain called the Pico de Loro, a portion
01 the southern Cordillera, towards its western side, and has an area of 408 square
geographical miles. Cavité is generally a champaign country, watered by no fewer
than 34 different streams, each with its proper name. The land, although a good
deal of it is still unreclaimed, is in general well cultivated, the cultivation extending
even to a considerable height on the slopes of the Cordillera. Its agricultural pro-
ÎÎorY®! riCe’ cacoa> coffee, and pepper, with the usual palms. By the census
of 1850 it contained a population of 126,627, of whom 21,153 were subject to the
capitation-tax, which amounted to 211,530 reals of plate. In this population the
¡Spanish mestizos amounted to 418, the Chinese mestizos, called Sangley to 5694 and
the unmixed Chinese to no more than 103. Among the inhabitants of this province
are the descendants of some Christians of Temate, located in the district of Mari-
gondo. These parties followed their instructors, the Jesuit fathers, when the Spanish
wer® dl?v®n ,fr°m the Moluccas by the Dutch, and settled in Luzon
m 1660. The people of Cavité are a mixture of different Philippine tribes, but the
prevailing nation and language are the Tagala. So far as the amounts given of the
population can be trusted, it seems to have rapidly increased, for in 1735, it amounted
to no more than to 5904. In 1799 it had risen to 33,302, and in 1818 to 51,665.
CAVITE, the name of the naval arsenal of Manilla, within the province last-
named, and on the southern shore of the great bay, 3 leagues by sea and 6 by land
over a good carriage road, distant from the city of Manilla. Latitude 14° 29' and
ongitude 120° 49 The shelter of a low tongue of land, running fm a league into
the bay forms, with the southern shore, a harbour, secure from every wind except
tongue*Of'land Th T ’ forftificatiolf ’ and t É t l on the eastern side of the
K contains^ only 265 houses, and 1595 inhabitants. The
fortifications, which were completed m 1819, are described as of great strength
o / S /™ °r 0LD CAYITÉ, is a town and district within a league
° T Arsenal> and to the south of it, with 1612 houses, and 9676 inhabitants.
ancient^™?!!1116 R ?n isi aDd’ town> and Province of the Philippines. The
ZubufevhfentlvTcorn T Sogb®. which Pigafetta, who first described it, writes
does not exist in -- be makes the word to begin with a letter which
by the Spaniards the V »! PblhPPme tongues. Çebu is one of the islands called
Levté to the east- bei*, J?8; 01 Bjsayas- I t lies between Negros to the west, and
last boyy aa bbrrooaaddeeir ’ oonnee. To the north i,ttb ®h afsi rMsta bsbya ate ,n aarnrdo wto sttrhaei ts, oaunthd Mfrionmda ntho e;