Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-11
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cal verdure of bees hwood, mahogany
| and banana and countless plumbers o
other variety of fruit trees. An hour
and twenty i've minutes walk carried
US into another opening.
| There beautiful scene met our
gszs. About 1000 yards q beautiful
scene came to view. The rice fIelds in
their full bloom while here and there
glittered the sun grass-grown ridges.
1t was the height OF the rice growing
season and rice rice rice and moth
ing but rice could be seen as far as the
eye could see in the open space: and
nobody regretted the trip until the
nAnkers were put out, when every
body kicked and swcre for il WAS neg
essary Go put the d dankers in the rice.
BAD PLACE FOR MARCHING.
The water and mud was fully three
feet deep and one would geS up to a
ridge three feet high. So fatIgQlp9
was this duty that we are feet in
ches, and it puzzled US SO, we had to
stop and study whether or not 20 climb
or crawl over. We soon struck anoth-
er forest moro beautiful than the frat
and it lessened the fatiguing duty in
the rise field, but we had struck the
plantations, and coming around
through yard, we came through about
feet OF bull mud, called that because
the caribao, known as bulls, make it
| their habituAl abode.
We pushed on through this forest.
| All along the road were fruit pIanta-
tions and stores-stores in name only
T, for the stock was worth Is cents in
Mex. All the natives could say good
morning" as good as We could, and
! never forgot the (amigo) (friendl.
These plantations are besutiful and
all have their bamboo houses, one-haH
OF which is always exposed to the
weather and the beautiful long haired
Senorisas could be seen smoking their
native cigarettes or sitting around eat
ing rice.
| AN UNKNOwN RIVER.
And thus we passed In and out or
this forest until we reached an nm
Known river This river is reached hv
q narrow gauge, feet high and SO
/ yards long. 1t winds around into A
narrow path which slopes down to the
waters edge. The river is about 10
feet wide and 3 feet deep. At the
fording it's very swift, owing to the
rocks just above the fording
On the other bank is the place called
| Neuvalitcba (Noo-va-leteh-a) and that
is about all. 1t consists of about 100
bamboo shacks and about 8 streets
| overgrcwn with grass. Instead of the
/ sidewalks being on either side OF the
center. they are in the center of the
street. 1t has plenty of women who
look half-stsrved and but very few
men who pack milk back and forth to
Manila. We soon passed through this
forsaken place to the northwar
About two miles from Neuyalitcha the
road goes into q narrow path and soon
became very narrow.
NATURAL SCENERY. 4
Finally, we passed down into a natu-
raj cave formed By q stone floor. The
center is so worn as to cause a confin-
ual stream of water TO pour through.
and by an overgrOwth of bushes and
shrubbery which meet about 10 feet
overhead. The path finally ended in a
dense wood, making it impossible to
pass any further. So we found anoth-
er path and advanced about 900 Yards
further. where the path ended in a
great plateau in the foot hills
Here tie column rested few minutes
and then moved through the iunpjes
into the rice fields aud up inro the
foothills until we couldn't 90 anv fur
ther. We turned and came back to
the resting plSce, where we left the
major body. Tae latter relieved us.
performing the advance duty, and we
marched back to the stream at Neuva-
litcha and filed our canteens and
washed our feet. We then advanced
back to Neuvalitcha ard went in an
easterly direction to another beautiful
plateau. where we rested, while a rs-
conoitering party went out and looked
over the country. Soon a courier
came and we were ordered to follow,
We went up the hill, down anOthar
winding path, through q grotto and
across the stream, up another nil and
| nnaIly we ascended the mountains
gradually and gained q point about
700 feet, where We reached plase