The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-06-28

, In oaiins appears 90 srtisis by Z
sip Wildasn on the filipino 10 spof
Rsssrdins The Filipino us tspisr u
writer would ssyi
AltAossh the Filipino 10 ssmstbins
. vegetarian. the shsndsses Of tropic
iruits Esd tss blood-hsstias pfopsf,i'
Of meal recommending sush . diet, /
keeps his family suPplsd With dee
pheasant; snipe and duck 90 fact day
Bat whsa be goes oat Tor ssrisus spsr
be hunts the bear. Wildcat or ssrsbso, .
the Wild water buffalo 10 called.
II isno, ehild's play 10 drop . ssrabs
With M sneient esrbine Of the fintloel
type; psither 10 II easy 10 lay him lo'
With bamboo srrow, . spear or . bolc
The csratso dies hard, and has way o
utnrniss the compliment. when sttsckst
putting sp . nsht thst wosld do crsdi
TO the Afriess species. 10 fact be il
liable to sec ysu nrst in which ssss b
opsrs The ball without further ceremony,
He has o speed and be knsws II, 90 b
employs biz talents that nature provided
hin with. and holds his grouud.
lfhe doss not discover you hrst. oil
you have 10 do 10 10 let him know that
you ere in the ishoorhood, snd be will
do the rs,t Rushing through The BAN
boo. trsmplps apdsr foot the nspa grace.
be comes at you like Philippine typLoon
snortiss and shaking his great hssd 10
fury, When within . few feet OF you II
you are still there he lowers HE colossal
horns Tor the toss. Then 10 your last
chance. for II you don. stop him by >
we'll placed ball between the eyes, or IN
that vicinity, your danger 10 extreme.
Mr.. Wildnsn then says Of the other
vs,istiss oil game: There are three vsri
cites OF deer. two Of then distinctly pscu
liar 10 the islands, small and hAt.footsd;
something like the little fellow fOusd -
the plains OF Indie. The smallest 10 the
OF mouse deer. not mach lsrg
VI than . house cat.
Ssips, qusil and Wild duck ishsbit the
ssd the rice fields. but are so
. plentiful that IL is rather tame business
them,
The writer says that fishing 10 we'll
suite ! TO The temperament Of the Filipino
lAs heat Of the SUI bsvisg little "a. OF 90
lis exposed orsaium. Also that the hunt
pg Of beetles be fuds lucrative. ss they
ring = good price In The markets, being
sgardsd tss great dslicscy.
lr. Wildmsn says that the nslionsl sport
, cock Ltins, and amounts to passion
nth the native, that he may neglect his
amily, but be attends 10 the diet and
ousise OF hi, fighting cocks with soraps
ous care, and that the government might
s we'll try to argue the Tsgslos woman
ut OF chewing the betei nut - to abolish
ock fighting.
He ssys that racing and fencing.
hich General Luna Introduced, are the
ports OF the higher class and the rich
slf-osste.
Regarding the pests Of the Islands. the I
ritter says:
Little fear OF the snakes need to be % =,
despite the stories that have
zen circulated. There 10 but one poison /
IL reptile known. and the natives have
sde war upon it until the species ere t
'srly extinct, Nosquitoss are. Of course o
pest to be dreaded, but the foreigner in Q
. Philippines, when be goes olt for . .
int or . pilgrimage packs his nssqui 0
netting before he buckles on bis rs .
liver, In the north OF Luzon. where .
Q altitude 10 higher, the mosquito 10 a
70 vicisus. .
In closing Mr.. Wildmsn remarks: do
II think that that shooting will bs
prlar nor game sbundsnt in Luzon for
. next few years. The man behind the
. lie no longer entirely safe 10 the in "
.ior and the man without oos would o'
sedily forfeit or realiz, his insurance
lisy, T"
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