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ILLUSTRATIONS.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PHILIPPINE

ISLANDS.

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MANILA, showing the Pásig River between the wharf called "Muelle del Rey"
and the Isthmus of Magallanes, leading to the walled city....
PHYSICAL FEATURES:

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Mayón (Albay) volcano, Albay, Luzón; 8,274 feet high. A perfect cone. Apo volcano, Cotabato, Mindanao. Highest mountain in the Philippines; 10,312 feet high

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Rocks in the Buad River Valley, on the Benguet road, Benguet, Luzón...
Trail between Sablán and Trinidad, Benguet, Luzón...
Mirador (Outlook) Mountain, near Baguío, Benguet, Luzón. Commands
a view of Manila when the air is clear

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A view on the Pásig River, near Laguna de Bay, Rizal, Luzón....

The Botocan, near Majayjay, Laguna, Luzón........

Falls of the Botocan, Majayjay, Laguna, Luzón..

ROADS AND COMMUNICATIONS:

United States transport Grant, in Manila Bay, Luzón

United States cable ship Burnside, off Dumaguete, Negros Occidental,
Visayas.....

Laying cable near Corregidor Island, Manila Bay, Luzón..

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Igorrote carriers in Benguet, Luzón. A means of transportation called "urimol," in Tagálog.........

Igorrote carriers preparing their dinner, Benguet, Luzón.........

On the march in Luzón.....

Narrow-gauge railroad, Tárlac, Luzón...

Road building, Luzón............

Native boat with sails, Luzón

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Government cascos (freight boats) in Pásig River, Manila, Luzón

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Carretón or freight cart drawn by a "carabao," driven by a native “carretonero" or cartman. The baskets on the cart are made of cane and are called "baquit".

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POPULATION AND TOWNS:

Manila, showing the Bridge of Spain, the background of the commercial houses in Escolta street, and the Magallanes avenue, leading to two of the gates of the walled city. On the right of the bridge is the Muelle del Pasage de Pérez, in direct connection with Escolta street, and a stopping place for steamboats going to Laguna Province...

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Moro houses, Sulu Archipelago...

A native house and family in Luzón. The house is built of cane or nipa (páuit).

Tagalog girl selling mangoes in Manila, Luzón..........

Mestizos (Tagalog-Spanish and Tagalog-Chinese), Manila, Luzon
Ranch of Moros in the port of Bilambílam, Surigao, Mindanao

VEGETABLE PRODUCTS:

A native plow...

A native harrow.

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The Igorrote town of Cabayan, Benguet, Luzón. House surrounded by coffee bushes......

A balete tree in a tobacco field, Luzón.......

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A plantation of tobacco and field hands, Luzón..

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Cocoanut-palm plantation, Luzón .........

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Vegetable gardens, Santa Ana, suburb of Manila, Luzón .

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Igorrotes breaking ground preparatory to planting camote, Benguet, Luzón.
Planting zacate, Rizal, Luzón ..

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Carrying zacate (grass) for fodder, Rizal, Luzón..

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MINERALS, FORESTS, AND FRUITS:

Mineral region in Lepanto, Luzón, in which the Suyoc and Mancayan mines of copper and gold are located

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Drying hemp on the wharf on north side of Pásig River, Manila, Luzón..

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Filipinos fishing with pole-rigged nets in the Pásig River, Santa Ana district, Manila, Luzón.............

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Natives washing along the shores of the Pásig River, Manila, Luzón.

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UNITED STATES MILITARY OCCUPATION:

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North gate of Manila (Parian gate of walled city), Luzón..
Battery of old-type guns, Manila, Luzón .....

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Guns on upper bastion, Fuerza de Santiago, walled city, Manila, Luzón, taken August 13, 1898

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Twenty-second United States Infantry in action near Pásig, Rizal, Luzón,
March 13, 1899....

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Fourth United States Cavalry on Novaliches road, Rizal, Luzón, March 25, 1899....

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Engineer detachment, United States Army, building bridge across the
Meycauayan River, Bulacán, Luzón, March 26, 1899......

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Railroad bridge near Marilao, Bulacán, Luzón-advance on Malolos ..........
Public square in Malolos, Bulacán, Luzón, after troops entered city,
March 31, 1899..

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Mountain Battery, Sixth Artillery, during advance on Novaliches, Bulacán,
Luzón, April 21, 1899..

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Pushing armored cars to the front during advance on Calumpit, Bulacán,
Luzón, April 25, 1899...

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Railroad bridge, just after battle of Bagbag River, Rizal, Luzón, April 25,
1899. Engineer battalion building steps for passage of troops
Firing line advancing on Antipolo, Rizal, Luzón, June 3, 1899
Taking guns across Bigaá River over bridge constructed by Engineer bat-
talion, Nueva Ecija, Luzón..................

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American camp in the canyon of the Mauanga River, Cebú, Visayas, after the assault on Sadlan Mountain, January 8, 1900.

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One of 30 forts erected by Filipinos on Indian Mountain, Cebú, Visayas. This fort, about halfway up the mountain, shows the effect of American artillery fire during assault of January 8, 1900.

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Fort of the Queen Regent, on the river Pulangui (Grand River of Mindanao), Cotabato, Mindanao

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MANILA:

Manila from the entrance of Pásig River, showing the fortress and harbor improvement works

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The ayuntamiento, or city hall of Manila.—Office of the civil governor of
the Philippine Islands; Philippine Civil Commission; executive depart-
ments; executive secretary and attorney-general............
Intendencia Building, Manila, Luzón.-Office of insular treasury, civil-
service board, insular auditor, bureaus of coast and geodetic survey, for-
estry, mining, public lands and archives....

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Office of captain of the port of Manila, Luzón.-In the building on the
left is the office of the quarantine station of the Army
Manila bay front of the city of Manila, Luzón.-In the foreground is the
work in improvement of the incompleted harbor of Manila, and on the
background on the right the dome of the cathedral and the twin towers
of St. Ignatius church, walled city.....

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Observatory of Manila, district of Ermita; Office of the weather bureau,
Manila, Luzón

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Manila Observatory, Ermita, Manila, Luzón, main entrance..

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Bridge of Spain (Puente de España), spanning the Pásig River at Manila, Luzón. A footway 4 feet wide has been added on both sides of the bridge.....

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Part of the driveway "Paseo de Anda or Malecón del Sur," at Manila,
Luzón ....

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Bridge of Spain (roadway), Manila, Luzón

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MANILA-Continued.

Iron bridge (called Puente de Ayala) across Pásig River, Manila, Luzón. The stone way leaving it about the center leads to "La Convalescencia," an asylum on a small islet in the river ....

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The Escolta, the commercial street of Manila, Luzón. A view taken from the west end...

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Calle de (street of) Rosario, Binondo district, Manila, Luzón. A view taken from the south side of Binondo church.

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A landing of cascos or freight boats near the Magallanes promenade on the south shore of the Pásig River, Manila

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Canal scene in Tondo district, Manila, Luzón

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Canal de la Reina, showing lumber rafts, Manila, Luzón

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North end of the Luneta, Manila, Luzón. Taken in 1898. Completely
remodeled in 1901.

Calle de Malcañang, district of San Miguel, Manila, Luzón. On the right
is the entrance to the summer palace of Malcañang, former residence of
Spanish military governor, now residence of the civil governor of the
Philippine Islands.......

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Former headquarters second division Eighth Army Corps, San Miguel district, Manila, Luzón..

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Calle General Solano, Manila, Luzón. The most fashionable avenue of
Manila City.

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Officers' quarters and driveway near Malate, Manila, Luzón.

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Upper end of Malecón drive, Manila, Luzón

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Lower end of Malecón drive, Manila, Luzón

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Parque de Bomberos, or fire-engine house, in Alcalá street, district of Santa
Cruz, Manila, Luzón

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Calesín (2-wheeled gig) called "duquesita" (little duchess), Manila,
Luzón..

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A carromata, the most commonly used vehicle in the Philippine Islands. Carretela de Pasay, so called after the name of that town of Rizal province; a cart used by the natives of Luzón. In the island of Cebú it is called "flecha"

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City transportation in the Philippines

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Draymen in Manila, Luzón

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United States refrigerating and ice plant, on the south bank of Pásig River, near the Bridge of Spain, Manila, Luzón.....

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United States refrigerating plant. Tracking system, first and second floors.
Tagalog boys carrying vegetables to Manila, Luzón
Group of Tagálogs carrying milk into Manila, Luzón..

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A PRONOUNCING GAZETTEER AND GEOGRAPHICAL
DICTIONARY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
ABRA, province of, Luzón:

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Bamboo raft on which the Philippine Commission ascended the Abra River. These rafts carry 1,000 pounds and draw but 3 or 4 inches of water....

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Tinguianes of the province of Abra, Luzón. Types of tribes still in savage

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