Manila and the Philippines.

bathing costume, light raincoat or kimona, stockings, straw or cotton sandals, and wide-brimmed hat, as the sun at all times is very
hot and the peculiar climatic conditions subject one to a heavy sunburn unless properly protected. The river trip requires about three
hours and is made in native bancas, each accommodating one passenger and two boatmen. Winding in and out between the high
walls of the river banks which at times rise as high as 300 feet, is
the everchanging tropical foliage, and with an occasional waterfall
tumbling down from amongst the creepers it forms a picture that
will always be remembered. At the upper falls a large natural pool
offers opportunity for a dip before the return trip is made. This
return trip is the most exciting part of all. Under the guidance
of the experienced boatmen the banca bounds over the rapids in
such a manner as to elicit admiration for the skillful boatmanship
of the native "banquero." After shooting the rapids, the balance of
the trip is over quiet waters, at times passing between rafts of
coconuts gathered from the hundreds of groves along the river
banks. The trip from Manila to Pagsanjan and return dan be
made in about 12 hours.
ANTIPOLO.-Seventeen miles northeast of Manila aldng the
Pasig River, via Fort McKinley, the old town of Pasig, thy Mariquina Valley, and the township of Taytay, Antipolo is built on a
mountainous section of the province of Rizal. Famous for its
shrine of "Our Lady of Peace and Prosperous Voyages," the most
noted in the Philippine Islands, and to which thousands of devout
Filipinos journey to pay their respects during the month of May
each year. The garments and jewels of the Virgin are said to be
valued at about a quarter million pesos. This image (to insure the
galleons the safety of the sea and freedom Irom the attacks of pirates) was originally brought from Mexico to the Philippines in
1626 by Juan Nino de Tabora, who had just been appointed Governor-General, and in 1672 it was removed to its present home. According to the legends, the Virgin crossed the Pacific eight or ten
times in addition to the original voyage, and on each one calmed a
tempest. On other occasions she is said to have descended and appeared among the branches of the antipolo or bread-fruit tree
(whence came the name of the present church); to have survived
the roaring fire into which the Chinese cast her in 1639, and to have
given the Spaniards a complete victory over 12 Dutch warships off
Mariveles.

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