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;264 AUSTRATiASIA.occupies ono of the most romantic sites iu Luzon, not far from the San-Cristohalvolcano. On the north side of the Laguna lies the riverain port of JToroii, also aprovincial capital.In the basin of the copious Pampanga river, a northern affluent of ManillaBay, are several populous towns, such as Gajxiii, near some gold and coal mines inthe province of Nueva-Ecija, a more important place than its capital, San-Imlro.Tliis is one of the regions \^hich suffered most from the earthquakes of 1880, whenFig. 11.5.—EiTOKONS OF Manilla.Scale 1 300,000.Depths.32 Feetand upwards.vast tracts along the river bank were broken into more or less regular sections byyawning crevasses. Farther south is Bacolor, another provincial chief town, whichwas selected as the capital of the Spanish possessions during the temporary occupationof Manilla by the Engli.sh in 1762. The steamers plying between Manillaand the Lower Pampanga stop at the station of Guagna below Bacolor. Calmnpit,an agricultural centre east of this place, stands at the confluence of the Pampangaand Quingoa rivers, in the most fertile district of the archipelago.