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It has, however, neither minerals nor timber, and, in spite of its reputation, the people, for the most part, are miserably poor. The native hut, built of bamboo, thatched with grass, set up on piles, consisting often of only one dirty room, devoid of furni- ture and decorations, is beggarly beyond description. In the

GOING TO CHURCH IN THE PROVINCES IN CARABOO, OR BUFFALO CARTS.

best houses, built substantially of wood or stone, are sometimes found pianos, books, and pictures.

Needless to say, the people wear the finest clothes possible. In the towns men wear trousers and shirt tail outside the trousers. In the country, the common hombre dispenses with both and wears a breech-cloth instead.

The hospitality of the native is very gracious. There are no inns on the island outside of the city of Cebu, and the traveler must, of necessity, go to the house of the presidente, or to the convent and put up with the padre. If he pays a social call, tobacco and drinks are invariably set forth. To decline both is