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From the convent a view is had of part of the island of Samar, the mountain forms of which appear to be a continuation of the horizontal strata. Quite recently several pontins and four schooners, laden with abacá, were captured, and the crews cruelly murdered, their bodies having been cut to pieces.
That Cæsar intended to accomplish the drainage of this tract is mentioned by Dion Cassius and Suetonius. The physical condition of this tract is described by Prony, in his "Description Hydrographique et Historique des Marais Pontins," 4to. Paris, 1822; the work is accompanied by a volume of plans and sections and a map of the district.
Six pontins from Catbalogan awaited their cargoes of rice for Albay.
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