The Odyssey of the Philippine Commission . ver the waters a longnative prao, or barangay, thin and snake-like,manned by twenty rowers, who slowly fought theirway over the mounting waves into the comparativecalm near the ship. After some debate it was decidedto make a try for it, and the three Commissioners,General Bell, Seiior Legarda, Mr. Fergusson, Mc-Donnell, McCormick, Adamson, and myself wereelected for the first venture. The Commissionerssat in the stern, while the rest of us with the baggagewere in the body of the craft, the oarsmen beinglined up on either side of the bow. We were soona
The Odyssey of the Philippine Commission . ver the waters a longnative prao, or barangay, thin and snake-like,manned by twenty rowers, who slowly fought theirway over the mounting waves into the comparativecalm near the ship. After some debate it was decidedto make a try for it, and the three Commissioners,General Bell, Seiior Legarda, Mr. Fergusson, Mc-Donnell, McCormick, Adamson, and myself wereelected for the first venture. The Commissionerssat in the stern, while the rest of us with the baggagewere in the body of the craft, the oarsmen beinglined up on either side of the bow. We were soonamong the breakers and the fun began. First thestern would tip up and then the bow, the rowersworking furiously as the boat settled. As each suc-ceeding wave towered behind it was a gamblewhether it would break as it reached us or passunderneath. Three, four, five times we rode thesolid crest safely, only to fall a victim to the broke as it reached the stern, and a compactmass of green water shot forward, completely dclug- [300]. n n .^^ < ?•*:r-,..If? fr^^,A^^-
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