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ney’» schooner was lyin’ at
th r dock in M anila that
Rangy and I went out into
th’ country beyond Manila
to IM what we could see.
We’d no »sooner cleared
th ’ town when a native cart
hauled by a water-buffalo
hove in sight. T h’ brown
youngster drivin’ grinned
and motioned to Ua to hop
aboard, which wa did. Wa
had a tine ride for a mile or
so, then the little fellow
pointed to a side trail and
stopped. I got th ’ moanin’
o f his jabber—that wns
where he turned into an­
other road.
So we hopped down and
once more struck off afoot.
We'd gone a little ways
when our peepers lighted
on a lot of bamboo cages
hung around a native house.
A brown fellow that could
sputter a little English told
us that he had to shut his
c h ic k e n s in th* cages at
night to save ’em from th'
rats. A little farther along
we spied a native walkin
up th ’ leanln* trunk of a
tree to his front door. Then
we passed a native carryln'
a load o f fruit and chickens
in from his farm.
W ell s ’r we had a lot o f
fun on that trip. Before th ’
day w as over we rode on a
cocoanut raft, had a ride on
a native horse, and heard
th ’ dong, dong, dong, o f a
strange bird that calls out
th ’ hours like clockwork.
Later on I hired a native
and his outrigger canoe for
a trip on a blue lagoon.
Well s’r in th’ w ater of that
lagoon we saw some queer
fish. There were fat and
thin fish; fish shaped like a
blown-up balloon covered
with spines; big, fierce-eyed
eels with gapping m ouths;
fish colored like a rainbow,
and som e as thin as a leaf.
W hin we came ashore th ’
sun w as gettln ’ low in th'
sky so we struck out for
Manila and soon were on th ’
deck o f our schooner.
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