Contents

  1. Chapter Page
  2. I. [Names.] 4
  3. II. [Climate, Typhoons, Volcano] 6
  4. III. [At Worship] 10
  5. IV. [Houses] 14
  6. V. [Cocoa and Coffee] 16
  7. VI. [Hemp and Sugar] 19
  8. VII. [The Coconut] 21
  9. VIII. [Indigo; Mango; Guava; Durian] 23
  10. IX. [The Forest] 26
  11. X. [Minerals] 29
  12. XI. [Water Buffalo] 31
  13. XII. [Bats; Cattle; Horses; Cats; Monkeys] 33
  14. XIII. [Flying Ants; Locusts] 35
  15. XIV. [Boats and Fish] 37
  16. XV. [Saw Mill; Mudsleighs; Wooden Plows] 39
  17. XVI. [Umbrellas; Chairs; Milk-bottle; Milkman] 42
  18. XVII. [Home Life] 44
  19. XVIII. [Dress] 47
  20. XIX. [The “Adios” Feast] 49

Persons

  1. Fil, a Filipino boy.
  2. Filippa, his sister.
  3. Favra, her playmate.
  4. Moro, Fil’s playmate, a Mohammedan.
  5. Fil’s Father.
  6. Fil’s Mother.
  7. The Padre-priest.
  8. The Guest.
  9. Driver of the Water Buffalo Cart.

Fil and Filippa