The National tribune., 1898-07-21

alone. I understood from him that he
was accompanied by no fellow traveller,
and that ne was going northwards, in tho
opposite direction to our own But Alila,
who decidedly had a grudge against the
savageS, was most anxious to lodge ball
in this fellows head. However, l strenu-
ously opposed such a project, and ordered
him to let go the bride.
But, MASTER said he, ALLOW me- az
least to see what these jars contain"
Around the neck of the Igorrot's buffalo
were strung three or four jars, covered
with leaves OF the banana tree.
My Lieutenant, without even waiting
for my ansVer, applied his nose to them,
and discovered, to his infinite satisfaction,
that they contained deer or stag ragout,
which sent forth a certain perfume; so,
still without consulting me, he undid tho
smallest OF the jars, struck the buffalo a
blow with the butt-end of his gun, and,
letting go the animal at the same time,
exclaimed
go, you rascal-go,D
The lgOuot, finding himself free, fed as
quick as the beast could carry him. and
we re-entered the woods, taking care to
avoid the openings, for fear OF being sur
priSed by too large number OF savageS.
Towards o'clock we halted to take our
repast. This wished-for moment was
impatientiy expected by my Lieutenant,
as the savage's jar sent forth very
savory smell. At last the desired mo-
stuck my poignard into the Jar, which
Alila had brought up TO the fire, and /
wlthdrew-an entire human handl My
poor Lieutenant was as Supplied as I
was myself, so we remained few min
uteS without saying a word At last I
smashed it in pieces, so that the human
| flesh IL contained was scattered over the
ground, while still held tho fatal hand
on the point of my dagger.
tine igorrots, however, according to the
reports OF the Indians, are not anthro-
pophagi; perhaps the one in question had
| received these ragouts from some other
savages-the Guinans, for instance.]
That hand Mortified me; yet examined
| it most carefully, and il appeared to me
| to have been the hand of child of an
| Aietas, species of savages that inhabit
| the mountains of Nueva-Exica and Mari
beles, OF which race / shall have an
opportunity of speaking during the course
| of this work. / took some strips of palm
tree, roasted in the burning embers; Alila
| did the same, and we set out, not in the
| best OF humors, in search of another rest
1 ing place for the night.
TRIBES OF LUzov.
! Two hours after sunrise we issued from
the forest and entered upon the plain.
| From time to time-that is, from distance
| to dIStance-we met with rice-fieids cuf-
tivated after the Tagal manner, and then
did my Lieutenant exclaim most joyously
| to me:
Master, We are now in Christian
ground"
| He was right; the road was becoming
more easy. The next day we arrived at
Quingua, a village in the Province OF
/ BOulacan, where | had left my friend Ia
convaiescence.
4 1t wsuid be difficult to establish from
what nations the divers species OF men
who inhabit the interior of LuZon origi-
nally came. The Tinguians, from their
fine shape, their color, their eyes, their
almost aquiIine nose the value they set
upon china vases, their music and finally
from their habits, would appear to be the
descendants OF the Japanese. Ii is most
likely that at a very distant period some
hunks from the Japan coasts, hurried
, along by strong northern winds, may
have been wrecked upon the Luzor
shores, and that their crews, seeing nc
possibility of returning TO their native
, country, as well as to avoid the Malayar
population that was in possession of the
beacheS-it is possible, | say, that the
!! shipwrecked persons Withdrew into ths
interior of the mountains, the difficulty o
access to which protected them from al
invasion. e =
Having some women with them, the,
must have procured others from aEfona
) the neighboring population, and as the.
inhabit the finest and healthiest countr.
: in the world, their number must hav
, considerably increased.
!, The Igorrots seem to be the descendant
; of the remains of the grand naval army c
. the Chinese Lima-On, who, after attack
| ing Manila, on the Goth of November, 1874
: had taken refuge in the Province c
Pangasinan, in the Gulf of Lingayan
where he was a second time defeated, an
: his feet completely destroyed. A part G
/ the crew escaped into the mountains 9
Pangasinan, where the Spaniards coul
: not pursue them
Q The Igorrot has long hair. eyes u