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He gave them only one sermon annually, and then his discourse was always the same, and divided into two parts: the first was in Spanish, for our edification, and the second in Tagaloc, for the Indians. Ah! how many men have I since met with who might well imitate the worthy curate of Jala-Jala! To the observations I sometimes made he would reply: "Let me follow my own course, and fear nothing.
The works lasted for eight months, during which time I passed backwards and forwards continually from Manilla to Jala-Jala, and from Jala-Jala to Manilla. I had some trouble, but I was well repaid for it when I saw a village rise from the earth.
Our house at Jala-Jala was no longer untouched by the hand of Death a human being had expired therein; and on the following day, in sadness and silence, we all proceeded to the cemetery, to inter the body of our friend, and to render him the last proofs of our respect. The body was laid at the foot of a large cross, which is placed in the centre of the grave-yard.
I not only lived a few months in safety at Tierra-Alta, but many years after, when, I resided in Jala-Jala, and, in my quality of commander of the territorial horse-guards of the province of Lagune, was naturally a declared enemy of the bandits, I received the following note: "Sir, Beware of Pedro Tumbaga; we are invited by him to go to your house and to take you by surprise; we remember the morning we spoke to you at the cascades, and the sincerity of your word.
At the period at which I first occupied my habitation, and began to colonise the village of Jala-Jala, caymans abounded on that side of the lake. From my windows I daily saw them sporting in the water, and waylaying and snapping at the dogs that ventured too near the brink.
There was nothing to distract me nothing to remove the most painful thoughts from me. The pretty spots of Jala-Jala, over which I had often looked with the greatest pleasure, had become altogether indifferent to me. I sought out the most melancholy and silent places. I often went to the banks of a rivulet, concealed in the midst of high mountains, and shaded by lofty trees.
For instance, in Jala-Jala, at the approach of one of these phenomena, a profound, even mournful stillness pervades nature. The wind no longer blows; not a breeze nor even a gentle zephyr is perceptible. The sun, though cloudless, darkens, and spreads around a sepulchral light. The atmosphere is burdened with heavy and sultry vapours. The earth is in labour.
Death of my Brother Robert Our Party at Jala-Jala Illness and Last Moments of my Friend Bermigan Recovery and Departure for France or Lafond Joachim Balthazard: his Eccentricity Tremendous Gale of Wind Narrow Escape in Crossing the Lake Safe Return to Jala-Jala Destruction of my House and the Village by a Typhoon Rendezvous with a Bandit Ineffectual Attempts to Reform Him His Death Journey to Tapuzi Its Inaccessibility Government of the Tapuzians Morality and Religious Character of their Chief Their Curiosity at Beholding a White Man Former Wickedness and Divine Punishment We bid Adieu to the Tapuzians, and Return to Jala-Jala.
The Prosperity and Happiness of my Life at Jala-Jala Destructiveness of the Locusts Agriculture in the Philippines My Herds of Oxen, Buffaloes, and Horses My Wife presents me with a Daughter, who Dies The Admiration of the Indian Women for my Wife Birth of my Son Continued Prosperity Death of my brother Henry My Friendship with Malvilain His Marriage with my eldest Sister His Premature Death I take my Wife to Manilla Melancholy Adieus We Return to Jala-Jala Death of my Wife My friend Vidie I determine to Return to France.
This was a pleasing piece of intelligence, for we were soon to be no longer separated. I quickly sold my horses, my carriages, and useless furniture, and freighted a vessel to convey to Jala-Jala all that I required. Then, having taken leave of my friends, I quitted Manilla, with the intention of not returning to it but through absolute necessity.
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