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The Tagáls wore black as a sign of mourning; the Bisayans wore white, and shaved the head and eyebrows.

The Bisayan islands, the rich Camarines, the island of Luzon, had, in Legaspi’s time, only a small fraction of their present great populations.

He was versed in the various dialects of the Bisayan Islands.

Up to date about two hundred Bisayan Indians have died, most of them from diseases.

In Tagalog and Bisayan the letter “n” is dropped and the word is pronounced “be-lat′-ic.”