Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07

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On THE PORT STEPHENS,
| one OF the mule drivers took one up in his
arms the other day to show his contemp,
| Oh us size. Many parts of these islands
| are mountainous, and every section of the
army that goes into the interior should
| nave IT'S pack train, with experienced pack
49, 70 hanale the mules We have one
gang OF packers on board who now and
men PACK the mules on the deck of the
| "'eaiieL tor pIact1ce.
| 80 ,pisseh, tnere are ABOUT 1900 mules
the has, - IN ~ ehe rnlippines, but some of
| tbraa t;o ". III Ill al my onicers tel me that
| od Tines ILLS numoer could be used to
OF Mindoro.
we ieie "aaiiiid' at night and aWoke to
u ooi STEAMER coastlng along the great
| ~ " A"in"oto' >" t kept IL In sight the
o"' y. e'ie uas' us oiue smoky mountains
-isns Ill piaces almost straight from the
90 euse, anu roiilng one over the other
ui'h 'hes iost themselves in the clouds
we were not near enough to distinguish the
| character Of the land or its vepetation hut
| could tell that thu ,,,,,.,., -. ,.....
| woodad 80 ~ T., - .
81 anu ~ 10 sa'o sha1 the lorests are
LUZ VI mahogany, teak and other valuable
trees. The island is one of the largest of
| the Philippines and as yet Is practically
unexplored. 1t is bigger than the state of
Connecticut and has a population of about
| 10000, almost all of whom are savages
| There is one town which has about OM
! people, but the most of the Inhabitants live
| in the wilds, go entirely naked and subsist
| upon roots, fruit and such fish and game
! as they can catch. Dean Worcester, who
visited the island, describes it as unhealthy
| In the extreme, but his explorations did not
extend very far inland, and both asrtcul-
| turally and minerally the land is unpros-
pected 1t Is so notwithstanding it lies
within only few miles of the island Of
Luzon and so that it can be reached nv
boat In a very few hours
IN tho
"u oI fanay.
. a., 49,. o suipriseu every Gay
d;4foro,t -. " aoou' 'he
e,ons NJ, App,Ne posses-
and son,a - 49, hene'.a 'eu Tue INFERIOR
l.. D'' pai' VI 'he country
49,. en- s'a'e as "nen ferolnand
49,, VIZ '.ie isiaho Vi Mlnoahao
- ' eli' i'-i' ohiy twenty
-, az Columbus discovered
"a eiicd. 1liat lSland contains from 30, 600
10 4oVoo square miles, 1t Is perhaps the
rlchest part OF the whole archipelago, and
IL is populated almost entirely by savages.
Inc Island of Paaay, where I am now
writing, was practically unknown to the
rest OF the world until thirty years ago, and
today it is impossible to get accurate data
concerning 1t. 1t has mountainous districts
through which white men have never zone
and our soldiers who recently crossed If
from south to north found ma ed sayages
living in the woods. And still the island Is
exceedingly rich and its lowlands have now
a considerable popula ton 1t Is half again
as larg. as Porto Rico and has q vast 5eai
more cultivable1and have learned some.
thing of IT from the old English residents
of Iloilo and from the FiIininos an5 80
also the results ofEtbe invaet;. ao t,aee We
I.i.utena,t VA na,,am e ~. NV e . OF
engineer on the IAN a. me en top9gTaphieal
Lieutenant Van Deman 10 :. oIas a. tausiies,
He has been On g,t e. tie 10 d sioss observer.
soldiers havs MAZE tbromehh,it t III E, our
and Is now malSins r%,aDs at 10y u me island,
of tho Wa nana,tns Vi ~ ior tne use
sketched a man re I'm tinG Il1.a re mas kindly
~ ' ISAIAH" LUZ ti'is letter.
Rich Plains and InexDlOred Mountains
From the man II will ha SOC, tb.+ De-
is Of the sbana of ON ao,,,t,a,aua s"". aiias
=. u d" equiialerai triangle
l. looks small on our maps Of the Philip