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We soon reached the Magat River on the other side of which was Bayombong, the capital of the province and our first halt of the day. The Magat is another of those turbulent, uncertain rivers of the Archipelago; we were not sure as we neared it whether we could get over or not. When up, it carries waves in midstream six to seven feet from crest to trough.
And now, in following the route taken by our tourist friends, we reach Nueva Vizcaya and the Cagayan valley. Insurgent Rule in the Cagayan Valley Nueva Vizcaya is drained by the Magát River, a branch of the Cagayan.
We moved on, gradually descending, rested at Santa Fé, a rest-house and nothing else, for two or three hours, and then turned north, following an affluent of the Magat River, by an old and poor trail, the new one having been washed out for three hundred yards some two or three miles ahead. And after dark we made Boné, our resting-place for the night. Aritao. Bubud. Dúpax. Start for Campote.
Having reigned here twenty-two years, beloved by his subjects and feared by his neighbours, Iskander Shah died in 1274, and was succeeded by Sultan Magat, who reigned only two years. Up to this period the Malayan princes were pagans.
It has numerous affluents, among others the Magat and Bangag, and, after a course of about 200 miles, falls into the China Sea in the vicinity of Aparri. Agro Grande starts in the north, in the neighborhood of the ranch of Loo, receives the affluents Tarlag and Camiling, as well as many others, has a course of about 112 miles, and falls into the Gulf of Lingayen.
We halted for the night at a place called Magat, on the first terrace of the Dahonte plateau, about 500 feet from the summit. Our small tent arrived in time, our servants had carried with them a few provisions, and we managed to make a frugal meal; but only one or two of the best baggage mules made their appearance, so that we had to lie on the bare ground those best off on leathern skins.
It is altogether a mistake to imagine that one can not be cold in the tropics. Magat River. Enthusiastic reception at Bayombong. Speeches and reports. Solano. Ifugao "college yell." Bagábag. The next day, April 20, we rode out at six, a splendid morning; Bubud felt the inspiration, too, for he got on capitally.
Southward the area includes all to the top of the watershed of Polis Mountain, which turns southward the numerous streams feeding the Rio Magat. The pueblos south of this watershed Lubong, Gisang, Banawi, etc. belong to the short-haired people of Quiangan culture.
In Spanish times it was seldom traveled farther than Bassao, but several parties of Americans have been over it as far as the Rio Grande de Cagayan since November, 1902. A second trail, also of Spanish origin, but now practically unused, enters the area from the south and connects Bontoc pueblo, its northern terminus, with the valley of the Magat River far south.
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