Unofficial Letters of an Official's Wife Author:Edith Moses General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1908 Original Publisher: D. Appleton and Co. Subjects: Americans Philippines Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial a... more »ccess to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Ill A VISIT IN APALIT Manila, August 8, 1900. DURING the last week we have had two noteworthy experiences. The first one was a typhoon. It was more severe than the one of June. The wind was exceedingly violent at times, and our bedroom and dining room facing the sea were uninhabitable during the height of the storm. The tales of mildew are beginning to be verified. Our shoes when left undisturbed for a day or two almost filled with mold, and woolen suits show white spots of the same growth. The climate is ruinous to books, and my leather-covered copy of Browning will, I am afraid, be spoiled if I keep it here. On the other hand, it has been cool for a week. A blanket on the bed at night has been necessary, and a shawl is not too warm in the evenings. The second experience was a trip to the country and a three days' visit in a little town in Pampanga. We went up on- the military train last Sunday. El Senor and Danny accompanied us for a day'souting. The trip occupied only two hours and a half and was of course interesting, as it was our first view of the Philippines outside of Manila. The country is flat between Manila and the station of Calumpit, our destination, and the fields in which rice was formerly cultivated were neglected and overgrown with tropical vegetation. There were many groves of bamboo and some cocoanut palms, but the general impression was of a rather desolate country, especially as the only living beings to be seen were American soldiers guarding the railway. The road passed through an insurrecto district, an...« less