The Philippine IslandsA political, Geographical, ethnographical, social and commercial history of the Philippine Archipelago and its political dependencies, embracing the whole period of Spanish rule . could swim in the river, the Italondiutai—with its shaded banks, two minutes walk from the house. Thepleasant society which I enjoyed here, for a few days, contrastedstrongly with the uncouth class of people I had mostly met with on thejourney since my landing on the island. When I was not entertainedby my worthy host or his Senora, there was their little grand-daughterCharin—a charming mestiza
The Philippine IslandsA political, Geographical, ethnographical, social and commercial history of the Philippine Archipelago and its political dependencies, embracing the whole period of Spanish rule . could swim in the river, the Italondiutai—with its shaded banks, two minutes walk from the house. Thepleasant society which I enjoyed here, for a few days, contrastedstrongly with the uncouth class of people I had mostly met with on thejourney since my landing on the island. When I was not entertainedby my worthy host or his Senora, there was their little grand-daughterCharin—a charming mestiza of six summers—as sharp as a needle andone of the prettiest children of her class. A large portion of the property was uncleared—still virgin the early mornings, after my bath, I amused myself by riding outto the woods with a gun, then—after tying up my pony to a tree in theshade—I found sport amongst the hundreds of cockatoos and largebirds which abound in the tall trees. There was some fine scenery too,where the fellers axe had not yet found its way. One Sunday morning Don Leandro and I went to town in thechaise with a trotting ox to meet the headmen after Mags. The path. NEGROS—FKOM CADIZ NUEVO TO ESCALANTE. 475 to the bigh road was roiigli, although plenty of moEcy had been spentto keep it in order. But it was labour lost, for the buffaloes hoofsand cart-wheels cut it up as soon as it was repaired, and there is nostone in the neighbourhood. We were in the chaise on the raft passingthe river, when the ox stepped forward—the raft lilted—the animalput out the other foot to save himself, and in we all went. The vehicleslowly sank and the ox with it, whilst we jumped into the water andswam to shore. Poor Don Leandro had spoiled his $200 watch, butthe greatest misfortune for the time being was, that his spectacles haddropped off into the water. There was nothing noteworthy in Cadiz Nuevo. The church waslike a barn, but a new one was being built of ston
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