The inhabitants of the Philippines (1900) (14755651586)

Identifier: inhabitantsofphi00sawy (find matches)
Title: The inhabitants of the Philippines
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Sawyer, Frederic Henry Read
Subjects: Ethnology -- Philippines Philippines -- Social life and customs
Publisher: New York : Scribner
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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s Studies of Brown Humanity.) Each joint is carefully enveloped by nature in a wrapperas tough as parchment, covered, especially round the edges,with millions of small spines. The wrapper, when dry, isbrown, edged with black, but when fresh the colours areremarkable, pale yellow, dark yellow, orange, brown, black,pale green, dark green, black ; all shaded or contrasted in away to make a Parisian dress designer feel sick with envy. This wrapper does not fall off till the joint has hardenedand acquired its flinty armour so as to be safe from damageby any animal. It would take a whole chapter to enumerate the manyand varied uses of the bamboo. Suffice it to say that I cannot conceive how thePhilippine native could do without it. Everlastingly renewing its youth, perpetually soaringto the sky, proudly overtopping all that grows, splendidlyflourishing when meaner plants must fade from drought,this giant grass, which delights the eyes, takes rank as oneof Gods noblest gifts to tropical man.
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( 7 ) CHAPTER II. SPANISH GOVERNMENT, Slight sketch of organization—Distribution of population—Collectionof taxes—The stick. The supreme head of the administration was a Governor-General or Captain-General of the Philippines. The BritishColonial Office has preserved this Spanish title in Jamaicawhere the supreme authority is still styled Captain-Generaland Governor-in-Chief. In recent years no civilian has been Governor-Generalof the Philippines, the appointment being given or sold to aLieutenant-General, though in 1883 a Field-Marshal wassent out. But in 1874 Rear-Admiral Malcampo obtainedthe post, and a very weak and foolish Governor-General heturned out to be. In former times military men did not have a monopolyof such posts, and civilians, judges, priests, and bishopshave held this appointment. The Governor-General had great powers. Practically,if not legally, he had the power of life and death, for hecould proclaim martial law and try offenders by court-martial. He was ex o