Excerpt from The Philippine Journal of Science, 1911, Vol. 6: D. General Biology, Ethnology and Anthropology The Island of Camiguin lies north of the northern end of Luzon, about 55 kilometers distant from Aparri. It is approximately 20 kilometers in extreme length and 12 kilometers in extreme width. At the time of my arrival, on the island, April 17, 1910, there was a population Of 90 souls. During my stay Of six weeks 30 people arrived from Dalupiri and other neighboring islands with the intention of remain ing on Camiguin. Tradition says that there was formerly on the island a population of several thousand, but that the greater part Of the people died of cholera between twenty and thirty years ago. Camiguin is almost entirely covered with forests. If there formerly was a numerous population on it, the clearings which would have been made have become reforested, unless there is some Open country Of which. I did not learn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.