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 45^ SPANISH HISTORY island of Sahagan^ which lies off the southern coast of Mindanao, and the sole result of the expedi- tion, according to the Spanish writers, was the baptism of one child, and the bestowing the name q) the Prince of Asturias upon the whole Archi- pelago. The fleet was scattered, and the whole armament almost annihilated. Such, indeed, with the navigators of those times, was the smallness and insufficiency of their barks, their own unskilful- ness, their want of particular experience, and their general ignorance, that nothing short of the high- est zeal, and most intrepid determination, could have insured success in the undertakings they a- chieved. It was not until the year 1 566, forty-five years after their first discovery, that the Spaniards conquered, or rather appeared for the purpose of conquering the Philippines. The person to whom this achieve- ment was allotted was a noble Spaniard, whose name was Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, He made his first appearance in the southern island of Bohol, with one of the petty kings of which place he swore friend- ship, by undergoing with his majesty the ceremony of losing blood Jrom their arms, each drinking the blood oj the other, according to the strange practice of the country. From Bohol, where they were hos- pitably entertained^ the Spaniards proceecied to Zebu, which they determined to conquer, and the