The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-29
Some of the Scenic Wonders in the
Back Country of the
Philippines.
COOL AND DELIGHTFUL
Is the Climate of the PIateaus and Some Day
Improved Transportation Facilities Will
Make Paradise Accessible.


that occurs from time 10 time makes one
( feel that ne has almost penetrated 20
the camping ground Of the earthquake.
! and il is Only after long retrScement Of
steps has brought you back 20 the Mid
/ entrance again that breath comes more
freely.
Up in ne mountains which in uuerodden
grandeur stretch over tot he Pacific coast
/ deer and game are plentiful. and n &c
were possible 70 set anywhere With ones
/ spoil. hunting would be worth While But
the climate ruins the victory OF tbs ssrot-
/ gun or rife in few hours. and & is
almost impossible 20 get deer meat back
/ 70 Montalban itself unspolled.
! Turning towards the west from Manila
there are the salt water excursions 90
/ Corregldor and 90 MariveEs. whore i've
a race OF dwarfs who wear horse-hair
( bracelets on their knees and make mouse
! traps that shoot Ike bows and arrows
/ And on Clorregtdor one can battle to rs
hearts content IN the tresher water OF tho
China Sea or enjoy the strong winds
tha; blow IN and out through the compare
lively narrow opening 70 Manila bay.
Blu. perhaps the most interesting - the
[ holiday excursions from the capital Is that
I which any but the lazy may make 20 the
( lake OF TaaI and the volcano 81 the center
The little propeller Taaleno left the quay
on the afternoon OF every third day FOR
the town Of Taal, which lies AZ ths head
OF the first small bay 20 tho south %
! Manila, on the outer coast line. The pas
I sengers al slept on deck. and carried heir
own food. but the sea voyage - not long.
/ and after Il S1ake-Tp IN the chop OF the
monsoon on the rugged coast. the little
craft dropped one into Lighter al Taal
/ about two o'clock the next morning.
/ From the ci.y "a shallow river affords a
I highway 20 the lake. which. Ike rs big
ger brother. the LaRuna De Bay Hes some
eight miles from the coast. A bigger hol-
lowed out tree-trunk J4ian usual forms
I ones transport and the 'quarter-deCk''
Is decorated with a small thatChed hem
coop, which shelters the passengers from
/ the MONDAY sun. ] never felt 50 much
/ like a chicken in my life an when the three
/ members OF our party. curled up 10 This
/ little coop. watched six sturdy fHpinas
row or pole our aboriginal craft up
/ through the shadows Of the river TaaI
/ Suddenly the turn OF a corner brought tue
/ lake into -pictureslucly surrounded
/ on al sides by low mountains. and square
: ~ ia its center sits the Inv cone Of the
/ volcano. smoking away ike a true son
/ OF the country.
The lake IS perhaps eighteen miles
/ across and the volcano 900 feet high. and
( n the wind is fresh. ths six-uiie puH 20
/ the center Of interest is eigher very dr.
ncult OF out OF che question. For us 4
: was a matter Of four hoIrs 90 DO these
I SIX miles. and thespace IN rho cop seemed
I 20 grow more and more limited "a tho
rowers blistered their hands tn the Ebert
20 reach the island.
/ The climb ny tho gradual slope % the
/ concig easy. hgt fearfuly ho'. and 10
usual amount 81 dlnEy lava is not IT.. ssing
( A. the top the view il glorious aud ons
/ seems 10 feel that The surrounding waters.
/ shores and mountains. are a. buoy re-
/ garIing rhe smoking spotrt0ai on which
( one stands. The crater is about a couple
% thousand feet across. AMI down - tee
+ bottom boil away I1 uninterrupted cou-
tentmeut -he varl-coiorcd lakes ~ Gre.
that show tints Of red and green and blue.
Now and then a bus: - energy ~i.l send
tha euiphur9us steam sHirl1E 80 anous
thc big cxpanss ~ crater. ard suFE~ats
that ,he power which De WoJid iEe t.get
an eruption Tor enc bene1t of fhelr vs.
itors
Inc F0iNaUp AT aafi Us Df TO NiHatIH
ceased its activity. AMI not many ysars
ago % 60 far forgot itHeif as % destroy
the Villages for miles around with IS
fearful burst q not o.nders. aad ashss
were even found in Mania some forty
niles away Iu beauty % formation ms
dumpy little aafcty-valve. ~ aeurs@. fal.a
FAR behind that Erander ONE ~ Mayor.
farther 10 the south. waose 30 fee- an9
DO Il ..
volcanoes. .But nothing could be uars
deal tnan Tire location y tAss smoking
crater n me center u that mos. p.c.1r-
esqlle lake. surrounded ~ q wall - noun
talns tsat jealousy guard -~r lupr-.1r-
- curiosity from the gaze % che s4tslas
s7rld.
The Longer voyage from Manila 20 "a
ns~th into t9.e roog rlateslH req eaz 20 Pen
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ard pine tree a~rgg. o. by steamer -
fae aols-n. among che a0~t % .s.ausls thal
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