Siargao

Twelve leagues from the island of Panaon, and next to the island of Mindanao, is the island of Siargao, which is about fifteen leagues in circumference and six leagues wide.

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Harb brought back an artful collection of seashells from Siargao, silks from China, vessels from Burma, carved panels from Bali, dinnerware from Thailand, and silver from Vietnam -- and two original Keith Harings from New York; he knew the artist.

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Greater Mindanao is also home to an endemic primate, the Philippine tarsier (Tarsius sychrita), which is found on Samar, Leyte, Dinagat, Siargao, Bohol, Mindanao, and Basilan.

Mindanao-Eastern Visayas rain forests 2007

One species is found in the adjacent montane ecoregion of Mindanao (P. truei), and the other (P. aureospinula) is found in the lowland forest of Dinagat, Siargao, and the Bucas Grande Islands.

Mindanao-Eastern Visayas rain forests 2007

The Philippine tree shrew (Urogale everetti), which is found on Mindanao, Dinagat, and Siargao islands, represents an endemic, monotypic genus.

Mindanao montane rain forests 2007

The area sweeps across Palawan and Romblon, the Visayas and Bicol, plus the northern Mindanao islands of Camiguin, Siargao and Dapitan.

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When the collector had been in Siargao less than a week, I was surprised to have him come to my place one day and ask me abruptly if I had ever seen any big apes in my excursions over the island.

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"Si, Señor," Filipe replied; but the way in which he went about the task showed that for him, at least, a gift monkey from the Conjure man of Siargao was no ordinary animal.

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Like most of those in Siargao it was built on posts and the sawed off trunks of palm trees.

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Inasmuch as he represented the government to which I also had to pay taxes and was, except for the Padre, about the only white man I saw unless it was when some of our own agents came to Siargao, I felt disgusted when I saw that this man had returned.

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