The Portland daily press., 1899-12-16

fish than wss usually caught, for The
nefgbors came IN 30 adssire, and az
claimed "Wanoi wanoi'' which " COR
rupsion Of the spanish ''busno," moan
md ''good.' ThsS oailsd ne big feilow
Ne muss have made : socd iisss on The
line. 90 10 u . powerful swimmer and
game" 70 the end. for he % the - bass.
Another fieh they aaid wes "msiowe;"
another the sbokoksia." Thsss were
Of . varsity resembling the lake trout.
s snd an speoim." IA. IL popuIsr a. the
breakfast table; the 'sdatunsaba" wss
little fat fellow, with big fins above
and below, and short head, and his
tail no longer than his head. Another
variety was the "sAky." . small and
useful member Of she hsh family:
women went out Of she big cate and
scrols to the market. called the Neuva.
IL took deal OF bargaining 70 ges the
big fish, and much hasgiing about prices,
but 10 was finally sold Tor Juno paso me
ala " meaning 81 50 In Mexican money.
can"
They lea happy life. The food is
cooked over n crockery stove. II might
BE- said that the cooks can "fry" and
"boil" on thess stoves, but they cannot
roast" or "bake." The floor is the
DC Auu Ill &Q0ht oxoHnu t0O ot8aCs
OF food, eating with their fingsrs and
talking and laughing when their mouths
are NOS too full. After night falls per
haps the eldest girl gets her guitar and
sings the songs Of her people. At times
tibet songs are sad ones, and tell Of the
sudden storms 1t sea and the fathers
who never returned. Again they are
pathetic. portrayinR the heartschs OF
iovslorn maiden. and sometimes they are
ringing with sentiment.
81 al the many rivers which empty
their waters into Manila bay the Pasig
10 the largest and most impor tant 1t
touches miles Of crooked bank on Its way
10 Laguua de Bay. From the laEe cM-
Goes and oanc)s come driving silently
down the Pasig laden with rice. sugar,
cocoanuts, bales Of hemp. bundles OF
grass, fish and fruit for the Manila mar
ket.
In the district properly known ~ Ma
Mia there ara streams and canals tins
current Of which IL one way when the
tide lows and the other when 10 GIBBS.
So the smaller boats can always pene-
trnte 10 markets far away from the center
ofths town by the way oil. Canal de Balets.
Estro de Psco and . dozen others on the
there are the Estro de Bilabid, kstro de
Quioian, Estro de Maysig, Estro de Mag
delepA and kstro de Binondo.
In wet weather these streams are full
and overflow when the tide backs up.
The natives 90 padding about with their
bare feet regard less Of the flood and the
mud and water IL brings into their
houses. The markets then are set up
higher In the nipa houses and the women
do not squat beside their baskets OF fruit
and fish until the water oubsides
The oity Is supplied In the Armeta dis
triot by he Cauai de Balets and along Its
banks the women spend their days sell
ling their wares and smoking cignrs tt -.
Estro San Miguel supplies both the dis
tricts of Quiapo and San Miguel and 20
on through the town, for branches OF the
CREST stream ramify Into every district In
the city. Even Tondo. which has the
tar on one aide, has EstTo de Binondo
on the Other, and this runs mp ut the
north with & cove cAll,d Booana de
VistAs. Some of the canals are large
enough for gre ut cat Goes, and one of these
IL the Estro do Binondo. Others srs not
SO pretentious but creep up to the backs
Of the rsd-roofed buildings and gray
stone walls. They make lively picture
with the natives In white and rcd moving
about over their loads OF gooe 3, and many
q warehouse IL oiled through the water
gateA There are no picturesque Condo
las gliding mp and down, and few great
buildings facing the water front. but
Manila has more transI ortation facilities
OF the water kind than any city OF Its
size in this world, excspt Venice. Som
day an sntsrprising Individual will es-
tablish line Of smoking and shriskinG
tugs to push their way along the streams.
A nd then their beauty will be lost.