The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-22

was lined with the clothing and household good'
Of those who had run away. Sometimes' he boxes
and bundles were piled In confusion ON the bahl
Sometimes they were In smnl boats that had been
run ashore. Sometimes the boats were hdfiit
wandering aimlesSly up and down with the tide
Far ACROSS the valley, on the hilltops on the otheI
side we saw our outposts. The heavy clouds
hung low and occasionally dropped n lew mo's'
remarks to assure us Of their presence ana a''en
ton. We crossed the crost Of one hill and came
through a large aboca plantation, The men
who had never seen the like, began to talk abou'
the bananas. The two plants are very mucf
alike, simpy different members Of the same fam
lily. Loose hemp was scattered all about, freshly
stripped. The workmen had run away from theiI
little stripping shelters, sometimes leaving piles
Of fresh cut stalks unstripped. The little drying
yards were full Of the loose, wind scattered nbr"
and occasionally there was a small shock with a
pile Of the bright shiny stuff ready to he twisted
and baled To 60 TO market. II was q revelation
A. TO the possibiliti ties Of ,hess islands, for the land
where this richest product Of the Philippines
grew in such profusion, was 80 rough ana mac
cessible that one could not imagine another thing
for which il could b. used.
Nothing could be- worse than this fearful hill
climbing, and II was very willingly that We turned
down into the river bed on the assurance oil The
guides that that wa the eaS<r route. The descent
was long and difficult, for the path was exceed
ingly slippery. But at last We struck the stream.
Ii was a narrow tortuous channel. Sometimes
the bottom was mud, sometimes sand, sometimes
boulders. Sometimes the water was deep some
times shallow, sometimes swift. sometimes al
most stagnant. Through mud water and sand
and over the boulders the long line struggled,
splashed and stumbled. Occasionally there WAS
a halt while patrols were sent TO force their way
to the tops Of the hills on each side to zee what
they could make out. Al first thcse patrols tired
10 keep even with the column in the river bed
but the work was too much for them. One patrol
under a lieutenant, got away from the column
and couldn't get back. so /, returned to own
A FoR N~ATrRALIsTs.
The sun broke through the clouds Al intervals
in the early forenoon, but by 10 o'clock The day
turned definitely lead color. The gorge was
mag nificent. Its sides rose at times almost veru
cally and alw avs they were covered with heavy
growth Of timber and underbrush. As We got
further up inland the timber increased In size
Many trees rose apparently a hundred feet In the
clear. their straight, trunks unbroken by branches
until they reached a thick bunch al the top They
were covered with vines and creerers and all sorts
Of parasitical life. II was the old homestead Of
orchids The captain doctor walked on air
His eyes were abuve him all the time. lie saw
life in q thousand forms that day Of which he
never Ind dreamed. lie took the pitfalls and
stumbling blocks Of the heavy trail utterly regard
less Of consequences. His naturalist's soul was
in an ecstasy which took no heed Of such incon-
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fitting about and dozens of great black fellows
in the tall trees, with gorgeous bright wings and
tails, and hoarse sepulchrnl voices with which
they called 10 their fellows arounu the next Turn
a raucous warning Of the invasion. Two or three
times Wild monkeys scrambled about in The trees.
Once. from under n shiny rock well back from the
stream. a heavy green cactus-like plant thrust out
a Along. slender arm with n beautiful. deep red flower
at its end Fine black lines tipped the deep pc'als,
and the heart v Ms n sof, gold yellow. The captain
doctor scrambled up 10 pick it and sat down in n
puddle Of water to examine it, 1t seemed as II
the air was alive with butterflies. ! had seen a
great collection Of them caught in central l.u2un,
and marvclled a, their beauty, but here were those
which seemed far 10 excel in gorgeousness ard
splendor anything in the luzon lot They were
Of all sizes. bu, there were hundreds of huge black
fellows with magnificent reds and yellosSi in their
makeup what fun there is in store for the cap
tain doctor lie wouldn't exchange assignments
with any man in the army.
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