Show manilla Al manilla anilla the capital of the tile island of Luzon the largest and most fertile of the philippines is a moderate sized city very regularly built the houses are low owl and erected so as to resist the earthquakes aich which are so common crimmer in these is lands to me the city appeared dull silent and melancholy the churches are all prodigiously wealthy IV when n they are ornamented on festival daysi days no thlu thiu thing g is to be seen in the sanctuary but gold and silv silver tr the chief alta rits pilasters pi lasters statues 1 limps imps candlesticks hud and bud even eien the seats sea 9 are of solid ornaments and sacred vessels a are re also very splendid everything in Al manilla anilla has the appe appearance arance urance of grandeur and magnificence the innumerable vessel vessels anchored in the harbor prove it to be the most important corni cornu commercial mart in these seas A noble stone bridge thrown over the river which runs through the middle of this capital unites what ft hat may be called the ahe city of war to the city of trade the houses are built of cut stone and surrounded on the first story with balconies protected by sliding sashes of mother of pearl gese amford afford the inhabitants an agreeable promenade enade in wet weather the streets are straight and wide in the evenin r 1 they he y are covered with multitudes i of vehicles ca hastening a inning to take the usuna I 1 drive round the the population is estimated estimate at igo souls but in this calculation the sub arbs are inclined ex |