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I told Alila to remain below, and to watch, while I went to endeavour to reconnoitre the persons who inhabited it. I went up by the small ladder that leads to the interior of the Tagalese huts; a young Indian woman was there, quite alone, and very busy plaiting a mat. I asked her for some fire to light my cigar, and returned to my lieutenant.
"Oh, master!" said my faithful Alila, "it is not possible to pass; so we must spend some days here." I cast my eyes on the torrent, which was rolling between steep rocks, in a yellow, muddy stream: it had all the appearance of a cascade, and was carrying down the trunks of trees and branches broken off during the storm.
I therefore left my gun in his charge, and went back to the house of mourning, where I found the poor young girl just as frightened as he was. I soon made her acquainted with the adventure; so thanking her for her kind hospitality, and morning coming on, I returned to Alila, who was most impatiently expecting me.
The bandit was frightened, jumped out of a window, and ran away as fast as he could across the forest. Alila could not believe what had happened to me; he felt all over my body, in order to convince himself that the ball had not passed through me.
Shortly after we had lost sight of him we heard the report of firearms; we knew it must be the brigand firing upon Alila, and we all thought that he was killed or wounded.
Visit to Manabo Conversation with my Guide Religion of the Tinguians Their Marriage Ceremony Funereal Rites Mode of Warfare I take leave of the Tinguians Journey to the Igorrots Description of them Their Dwellings A Fortunate Escape Alila and the Bandits Recollections of Home A Majestic Fig-tree Superstition of Alila Interview with an Igorrot The Human Hand Nocturnal Adventure Consternation of Alila Probable Origin of the Tinguians and Igorrots.
But Alila was brave, and, although he had no anten-anten, fire-arms did not frighten him. Large vessels real Noah's arks freighted by various merchants, sailed every week from the town of Pasig for that of Santa-Cruz, where every Thursday a large market was held. Eight daring and determined brigands went on board one of these vessels: they hid their arms among the bales of goods.
"Because I am certain I should have killed one of them at least." "Well?" "Well, master, our journey would not have terminated without our sending at least one soul of a savage to the devil." "Ah! Alila," said I; "so you have become wicked and naughty, have you?" "No, no, no, master," replied he; "but I cannot conceive why you are so kind and compassionate to that infernal race.
I translated this legend into the Tagaloc language: Alila thought it sublime, and vowed never to deviate from it. "When I go to Manilla," I added, "I shall procure you a handsome uniform, with epaulettes; but you must lose no time in assembling the soldiers you will have to command, and who are to form my guard.
When I had congratulated Alila upon his success, I examined his wound, and found that a fragment of a ball, cut into four pieces, had hit him upon the cheek, and was flattened on the bone. I extracted it, and a speedy cure followed. Now, as I have almost terminated, and shall not return to, my numerous adventures with the bandits, I resume the continuation of my ordinary life at Jala-Jala.
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