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At the time I purchased it Jala-Jala was inhabited by some Malay Indians, who lived in the woods, and cultivated a few spots of ground. During the night they carried on the trade of piracy, and gave shelter to all the banditti of the neighbouring provinces. At Manilla this country had been described to me in the most gloomy colours.
I took special care not to forget the vade mecum which I always took with me, whenever I made these excursions for any number of days I mean paper and a pencil, with which I made notes, to aid my recollections, and enable me afterwards to write down in a journal the remarks I made during my travels. Every preparation being made, we one morning started from Jala-Jala.
Not one member of my family was forgotten; the smallest details concerning these beloved beings were to me of the greatest interest. We passed the remainder of the day and the following night in incessant and interesting conversation. The next day we started for Jala-Jala.
I heard for the last time the divine service in the modest little church which I had erected, and in which for a long time, surrounded by my dearest friends, I was happy to assemble, on the same day of the week, the small congregation of Jala-Jala. After the service I proceeded to the beach, where the boat was waiting, which was to take me to Manilla.
He is now residing in Paris, married to a woman possessed of every quality necessary to make a man happy, and is the father of three children. Holding an honourable position, and enjoying public esteem, he has never forgotten the six months he spent at Jala-Jala, for ingratitude never sullied his noble, loving, and devoted heart.
Description of my House at Jala-Jala Storms, Gales, and Earthquakes Reforming the Banditti Card-playing Tagal Cock-fighting Skirmishes with Robbers Courage of my Wife Our Domestic Happiness Visits from Europeans Their Astonishment at our Civilisation Visit to a Sick Friend at Manilla Tour through the Provinces of the Ilocos and Pangasinan Indians My Reception by the Tinguians Their Appearance and Habits Manners and Customs Indian Fête at Laganguilan y Madalag Horrible Ceremonies to Celebrate a Victory Songs and Dances Our Night-watch We Explore our Cabin Discovery of a Secret Well Tomb of the Tinguian Indians.
Oh, cruel indeed will be the hour when I shall depart from you. And thou, my beloved, my good, excellent wife, my Anna, thy last words shall be accomplished. I will set out, but regret and grief accompany me during the voyage; my heart and my memory will remain at Jala-Jala.
The journey was as agreeable as my melancholy recollections would permit. I experienced such pleasure in holding my boy in my arms, and in receiving his gentle caresses, that I occasionally forgot every sorrow. I arrived at Manilla, and took up my quarters in the environs, at the abode of Baptiste Vidie, brother of the friend whom I had left at Jala-Jala.
Our journey was prosperous, and on our arrival, we found my Indians on the shore, hailing with cries of joy the welcome advent of the "Queen of Jala-Jala," for it was thus they called my wife. We devoted the first days after our arrival to installing ourselves in our new residence, which it was necessary to furnish, and make both useful and agreeable; this we accordingly effected.
It required a constitution strong as mine was to bear up against such a number of sorrows, and not to fail under the burthen. When I had paid the last duties to my sister-in-law I went back to Jala-Jala. To me everything was burthensome. I was obliged to betake myself to my forests and to my mountains, in order to recover a little calmness.
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