W hen th ’ L anul d ro p p ed
a n c h o r In t h ’ h a rb o r of
M anila, Kangy and I w ent
a sh o re to look a t t h ’ town.
F irs t of nil wc «trolled
along th ’ w a te rfro n t w here
tra m p ste a m ers, Chinese
ju n k s, and trading-schoon-
ers from all p a rts of t h ’
S outh S ear w ere, d isc h a rg ­
ing and binding cargos. It
wan such a busy place th a t
It m ade me th in k too m uch
of work, no K angy and I
clim bed ab o ard a ferry -b o a t
m anned by a g rln n ln ’ C hi­
nese. W ith a pole he pushed
th ' boat along c a n als lined
w ith cocoanut-palm s, m an ­
go-trees, b ananas, and all
kinds of houses, some of
stone, some of bricks, o th ­
e rs of g ra ss nnd bamboo.
lo ite r we w andered o u t­
side t h ’ city. T h ere we saw
tree-houses, w ith long la d ­
d e rs reaching up to t h ’ fro n t
d o o rs; natives s p littin g co-
co anuts, so th a t th ’ thick
m eat inside could be dried
fo r copra. L a te r t h ’ copra
would be shipped to the
U nited S ta te s w here t h ’
rich oil would be pressed
out and m ade into soup,
cold cream , and such like
O ur big a d v e n tu re of th ’
day was when we rode a
w ater-buffalo. We were go-
in* along fine, ta k in ’ in th '
scenery, when u m easly
sw ab of a dog hove alo n g ­
side, b a rk in ’ and nnappin’
a t th ’ buffalo’s heels. T h ’
old boy d id n ’t like th ’ heel-
n lp p ln ’ business so he lit
out w ith us b an g in ’ on and
w onderin’ w hat w as goin’ to
happen next. We soon found
out. Mr. B uffalo crashed
th ro u g h a bam boo fence and
overboard we went. W hen
we picked ourselves up th ’
buffalo and dog w ere gone
and a g rin n in ’ native was
w aitin ’ to collect ten d o lla rs
fo r his wrecked fence. So
we called it a day and w ent
back ab o ard th ’ schooner.
In my next y a rn I’ll tell
you m ore about t h ’ stra n g e
sights in t h ’ P hilippines.
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