The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-04-28
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Next we stop at Santa Cruz where
nearly all lake boats stop for the night
as it is about midway around the lake.
\ the va -er is low, a banea takes US
ashore for the wh;rf is nearly aqoarter
Of II mile away IL is nearly ? ~ Sc
We cannot get around to see much ye6
rhis seems to be the home OF coeaanuts
as they are plainly in evidence La
she'd near the river. they are cutting
the cocoanuts in two and extracting
the meat for copra. Tbs outer musk
and also the hard shell is used some
what for fuel The steel bridge over
the river proves interesting for 1t |
bears the scars of combat. Glraers
and stays are dented or puncturea by
numerous swiftly flying proJectlies. IL
mpst have been a warm spot in the in
surrection We tramp out to see the
cocoanuts growing, though the large
groves are some miles outof town. The
town itself is made NY largely OF frame
houses, but as they are mostly IN need
of repair, it looks somewhat unkept IN
appearance.
We meet again one of the teachers
whom we met on the shores OF Lake
Taal. We had told them that our men
landed us on the wrong spot, SO We
could not get into the crater properly,
SO they we're particular to go farther
on down the shore to spot where The
trail was better, if sleeper than the
one we had used, and of course the
boatmen will land you at the closer
place unless you object. We did not
know then.
Two eruptions took place before
they reached the island, IN
fact we saw steam from where We
we're. Nothing of an unusual nature
occurred though while they were down
inside the crater. He also said that
after walking mile down there, one
would confess that three miles from
crest to crest, was no exaggeration.
Places they walked over were shaky
and hollow, but they got right down to
the boiling pot of fluid. They were
over six hours in coming back across
the lake ana came near being swamped.
We are aboard the 'sNapindan'
again at Z o'clock next morning. AS the
Constaoulary now occupy the town,
there is little but ice and mail to I'M
load and all that was accomplished the
night before We are the last boat to
leave. but it is not very long before
we overtake the others. Our first stop
| is az the little island OF Malahi where
about 200 American soldiers are i'm
| prisoned. and four or five companies
are prisoners were mostly employed
| breaking rock and building roads.
Some desperate characters are there.
Only distance Off one quarter mile
separates this island from the larger
one of Talim, and sometimes d soldier
escapes the guard and swims over
there. But as there is a reward OF $50
for prisoner dead or alive, the natives
usually give them up sooner or later
Next we go north and stop at Tanay
and take and leave some mail. The
country is all mountainous and doe:
} not LOOK as if much attention could bt
paid to agriculture, as we know it
Once more we are off and this is thu
last stop before reaching Manila. SO W.
5 eau settle ourselves for good rest.
4 When we come near TO Pasig, we Sc
locusts so thick in the sky that the
look in the distance like clouds. III
3 true we had often heard people spea
y of "clouds of grasshoppers" or .ocusts
2 but we gave such stories some margi
t for Imagination, but will do so no more
e 1t was such sight that | took pictur
l of it, but OF course the insects are nc
IS visible in the picture.
8. When we reach home we read in th
ID papers that on Christmas eve ban
h of ladrones came down on Pasig an
1T the Constabulary got after them
s. earnest. so there were several kille
t. on both sides. We did not know an
ii thing of this when we came down 81
or winding river. At 80 we are at tx
d. wharf at Manila, safe and sound. "
OF have had trip long to be remembers
Of 1t is Christmas day. Our feet Ii
p close to Manila. Many Mandates a
or visiting on board the kentucky, tt
e. finest fighting machine I have ev
ne seen iE these waters. The ships q
as dressed in honor of the day. VIII
our ferry starts homeward, we a
n aboard, weary in body and stained al
rumpled in appearance, but at pea
~ with all the world. Christmas com
d. but once a year. Very Respectful
ng G. X. SCHAFER.
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