Adventures in the Philippine Islands - Paul P. de La Gironière

[Chapter XIII.]283

I Determine not again to Separate from my Son—I take him to Manilla—The Effects of the Wound I received among the Ajetas—My Recovery—Kindness of the Spanish and other Inhabitants of Manilla—Illness of my Son—I return with him to Jala-Jala—Sorrowful Remembrances—The Death of my poor Boy—His Interment—My frantic Grief and Despair—I Determine to Quit the Philippines—I am Called to Manilla by Madame Dolorès Seneris—My Final Departure from Jala-Jala—I Arrive at Manilla, where I resume Practice as a Surgeon—I Embark for France—Discontent—My Travels through Europe—I Marry again—Death of my Mother and my Second Wife—Conclusion.

List of Illustrations

[A Native Woman seized by a Cayman.]
[Portrait of the Author.]
[Nantes.]17
[La Gironiere saves the life of Captain Drouant.]22
[Mouth of the Bay of Manilla.]32
[Spanish Metis, or Half-Breeds.]36
[Chinese Metis, or Half-Breeds.]37
[Spanish Metis of the superior class.]47
[Bridge of Manilla.]49
[Stag Hunting in the Marigondon Mountains.]62
[Passage boat on the River Pasig.]70
[Tagal Indians pounding rice.]82
[Father Miguel.]87
[La Gironiere’s First Shot at a Buffalo.]90
[Horns of the Buffalo.]92
[My House at Jala-Jala.]95
[Herd of Wild Buffaloes.]98
[Tagal cock-fighting.]102
[Tagal Indians.]103
[Ilocos Indians.]106
[The Brain Feast of the Tinguian Indians.]112
[Guinan Indians.]117
[Weapons of the Tinguian Indians.]123
[Inhabitants of Boulacan.]138
[Manilla Fishing Raft.]139
[The House of La Planche.]162
[Church of Pandacan, in the environs of Manilla.]178
[Hunting party at Jala-Jala.]181
[Cascade near Jala-Jala.]184
[La Gironiere in his hunting dress.]186
[View at San-Mateo.]195
[Dumont d’Urville.]204
[A Tagal Indian Dwelling.]208
[Young Tagal Indian and his Betrothed.]209
[Attacking the Cayman.]220
[A Wild Boar attacked by a Boa Constrictor.]222
[Attacking the Boa-Constrictor.]225
[Rice stacking in the Philippines.]228
[The Locust.]231
[View on the River Pasig.]239
[Ajetas Indians.]245
[The Cocoa-Nut.]250
[The Banana.]251
[La Gironiere and his Indians traversing a Native Forest.]254
[Fruit of the Palm Tree.]256
[Inhabitants of Binangonan de Lampon.]265
[View of Manilla from the Environs.]283

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