There is a great deal of rice grown in the Philippines. Rice is the
food that most of the people live on.
There are buffaloes in the Philippines. The people use them for riding
and for carrying loads. They have also deer, goats, and hogs.
[Illustration: A Buffalo at Work.]
In some parts of the islands they have a strange way of fishing. They
fill baskets with a kind of mixture in which they put poison. Then
they throw the baskets into the water. The fish become stupid after
eating the poison. Very soon they rise to the top of the water, where
the people catch them.
Manila is a large town with strong walls and a deep moat, or ditch,
around it. There are eight gates in the wall and bridges across the
moat.
The men in Manila wear trousers and shirts; but they wear the shirts
outside. The women wear skirts with long trains, and waists with very
full and flowing sleeves. They wear scarfs or handkerchiefs around
their necks, with two of the corners hanging down their backs. They
never wear hats.
[Illustration: Women of Luzon.]
In a few of the islands there are schools, and the children learn to
read and write; but in many other parts there are neither schools nor
churches.
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