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Walker, H. Wilfrid

"Wanderings among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines"

I left Navuso by steam launch
which called at the large sugar-mills a little lower down, and reached
Suva that afternoon, feeling very fit after one of the most enjoyable
and interesting expeditions that I ever made.


My Life Among Filipinos and Negritos and a Journey in Search of
Bearded Women.


CHAPTER 5
At Home Among Filipinos and Negritos.
Arrival at Florida Blanca -- The Schoolmaster's House Kept by Pupils
in their Master's Absence -- Everyday Scenes at Florida Blanca --
A Filipino Sunday -- A Visit to the Cock-fighting Ring -- A Strange
Church Clock and Chimes -- Pugnacious Scene at a Funeral -- Strained
Relations between Filipinos and Americans -- My New Servant --
Victoriano, an Ex-officer of Aguinaldo's Army, and his Six Wives
-- I Start for the Mountains -- "Free and easy" Progress of my
Buffalo-cart -- Ascent into the Mountains -- Arrival at my Future
Abode -- Description of my Hut and Food -- Our Botanical Surroundings
-- Meetings with the Negritos -- Friendliness and Mirth of the Little
People -- Negritos may properly be called Pigmies -- Their Appearance,
Dress, Ornaments and Weapons -- An Ingenious Pig-arrow -- Extraordinary
Fish-traps -- Their Rude Barbaric Chanting -- Their Chief and His
House -- Cure of a Malarial Fever and its Embarrassing Results --
"Agriculture in the Tropics" -- A Hairbreadth Escape -- Filipino
Blowpipes -- A Pigmy Hawk in Pigmyland -- The Elusive PITTA -- Names of
the Birds -- A Moth as Scent Producer -- Flying Lizards and other kinds
-- A "Tigre" Scare by Night -- Enforced Seclusion of Female Hornbill.


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