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Show "TRAVELING IN LUZON. American Describes Journey to the Volcano Taal Primitive Mode of Conveyance Leaves Lasting Impression of Discomfort Some of the Habits of the Natives, (Special Correspondence.) Tho provinces of Rlzal and I.aguna aro moro disaffected than any others In tho Island of Luzon and have been filled with ladrono bands, which still exist In a scattorod condition. Tho routo to the volcano, Taal, lies' through those provinces. There Is a Jlno of Bteam launches boats perhaps per-haps ninety feot In length owned and mismanaged by Filipinos, which takes tho traveler part of the dlstanco from Manila to Taal, passing through tho wholo length of tho Illvcr I'aslg and through tho lako from which thb district dis-trict of Iagunn takes Its name. Along tho river 1b a continuous lln? of nntlvo villages, tho Inhabitants being be-ing engaged In Ashing and farming. As fishermen their methods nro unique. Somo of tho men Just wndo out till tholr heads only aro out of wator and thon, taking a long breath, threatened to go to plocos. Tho seat of tho vehicle was of hardwood; the makers had not considered tho possibility possi-bility of their containing anyone larger than a Filipino nnd tho head of a fairly tall American Just touched the roof. Every tlmo tho cart struck a stono tho Amorlcan's head struck tho roof and as this road was all stones the tops of our heads wero pretty well mashed by tho tlmo the lake was reached. Tho end of this rldo brought us to tho lako Bombon or Tnal lake which Is about ten miles long and sovon or eight wide. The volcano Is op an Island in tho center of the lako and is reached by dugout boats, with outriggers of bamboo to steady them. The natives horo were vory poor and somo of them told me how much they regrotted tho doparturo of the soldiers sol-diers who wero station thero some time time ago. In the first place, the soldlors spent money thero and monoy Is as scarce with, them as with any may bo doscended by making diagonal tacks across Its face. At tho bottom of tho crater Is a small central crater, from which Issues a roaring Jet of steam, from n vent hole about fifteen feet across. Thoro aro other steam vents, but this one Is tho largest. After leaving the volcano tho mad rldo recommenced. Wo had passed over tho road tho first time in tho middle mid-dle of the night, but tho return trip was made by day. All along tho road the native popumtlon was strung out to see tho caravan of Americanos. At Calamba wo wero lucky enough to hlro a Filipino houso for tho night. At least wo had all wo wanted of It, tho family using tho room that wo did not occupy. Thero was ono large room, divided by n wardrobo Into two sections. Tho floor was of strips of bamboo, ono Inch wide, with spaces of Til J " ft J 'wH'TwvfHfhHBBBWKl'aP C3'IT"""HBk HVbVbVbf "1 wflfij fij 0!jrBHflHVSiBflBYJflH bbbbJHuBhHhjEv' BB'vvV'' 1"V '' "' te"Jp W mLbkTF liB"Mkw ' .ypWtBBBBBJiB t. J8t 3 Caribou and Cart thoy go bolow and actually catch flsh with their hands. This may appear to be Incredible, but wo saw It saw thorn actually como up with tho flsh; It Is true that their catch was raado only onco out of a dozen dives, but thoy got thero at times. Othors use nots, wading In tho river and holding tho net, which Is a sort of trap mounted mount-ed on bamboo sticks, in front of them as thoy walk along tho river bed. The flsh aro plentiful, or their methods would havo poor results. She women do most of tho farming. Tho road from Calamba to Ambalon, tho village nearest tho volcano, was a native road. Tho rldo was a wild dream, or, rather, nightmare. The vehicle, drawn by two native ponies was the complete and perfect work of the evil one. It rattled, tnllnrf nml a quarter of an Inch between them. Tho furniture consisted of two bamboo bam-boo benches and a stand two feet by eighteen Inches and three foot high. Tho floor served for bed, dining table and washstand. In fact, everyone squatted In real Asiatic fashion. In this town thero was a Chinese restaurant, res-taurant, with a Chinaman who spoke English. He had a printed bill of fare, In English, which quoted prices for oysters, pork chops, beefsteak and other things. We asked what he actually ac-tually had on hand, and It appeared that he had fried chicken and eggs. Wo ordered the whole bill of fare and after a short time we heard loud squawking in tho kitchen, and then tho Chinaman stuck a beaming face into tho room, savlnc: "Can do mucho chticky squawk, mucho chucky fry, can do!" Ho was Just killing the chickens, after going around tho neighborhood to And thorn. After eating wo wero ready for sleep. Wo went to our houso to And all the women of tho houso waiting to put us to bed. It seems to bo tho correct thing to put a guest safely to bed, and thoro thoy wero waiting for us to undress and to put tho pillows under our heads and cover us up. Tho floor was coverod with pieces of matting mat-ting nnd all tho cushions In tho house laid for us to slcop on; and as one of tho cushions was a little soiled the lady of the house got out from the wardrobe her own white petticoat and wrapped it around the cushion for a pillow case. Lying awake after the house was quiet I heard a faint scuffling, scuf-fling, and, peeping out, I saw tho whole family going to bed on the other oth-er part of the Aoor, back of tho word-robe word-robe that formed a partial partition botweon us and tho rear of tho houso. Before leaving tho subject of the "' . . tf?& p1" iljIfBL. vi '"i!? wV . fBBBJjMp BjBfc. 'PdHMk Common Scene in PmsIq River. community I know of. And In tho Bcond place, wo found that the soldiers sol-diers had becomo personally popular with tho pooplo. The volcano Is not a particularly Impressive Im-pressive mountain from a distance, tire being several other mountains within Bight of throe times Its height. iThe ascent Is easy, over a bod of cln-drs, cln-drs, and enn bo made by an athletic, person without onco stopping to rest The crater Is nbout a mllo across and can bo entered by a gap brokon in the vortical wall near tho top. Inside the wall drops about 100 foqt straight down, but below this thore Is a long slope of cinders, at nn angle of jibout thirty degroes from tho vortical, which Filipino houses In their villages I should say thoy have In many of these villages a stream of water running along tho sldo of the road, In front of tho houses, and two or three stone steps leading down to tho water In front of each house. In tho early morning the women put on their bathing bath-ing dresses and take their little onos 'down to this stream to wash. The stream Is also used to wash clothlnr. I am not suro whether they all drink tho water, but I know somo of them do so. |