2384 LEAFLETS OF PAILIPPINE BOTANY [VoL. VII, Arr 112 
to work. I do not know Spanish nor even a single na- 
tive dialect, yet I can get along perfectly with willing 
laborers. I never go out armed, but I am strictly cau- 
tious in my dealings with the natives. After any one has 
lived and worked among any of the mountainous inhab- 
itants he can truly say that by contrast our rural Christ- 
ian Filipinos represent comparative civilization, and in my 
opinion, the greatest faetor in this civilization among the 
masses was the church. Of course, I would never go into 
those interior and alpine regions, were it not for my personal 
interest in the vegetation. At times the loneliness has been 
almost intolerable. Several years ago when I was in the 
Mount Apo region among the Bagobos I did not see an Amer- 
ican for more than seven months. A few times I had to wait 
over a month for my mail. Yet there are many customs 
of the natives with whom I have lived and worked that can 
be greatly appreciated, and from an ethnological standpoint 
the study and discussion of their domestic lives would neces- 3 
sitate a first-rate knowledge of their dialect. , 
The study of figs in this region revealed a greater simi- to 
larity to those in the distriet of Davao (Mt. Apo) than to 
those from southern Negros (Cuernos Mts.), or to those from 
southern Luzon or even from Leyte. The fascicle of east Leyte 
figs was chiefly collected in the hill country of the lowlands, 
while in this region my collection is mainly from higher 
elevations. In the low country of this province such common 
species as Ficus indica Linn., Ficus nota Blco., Ficus hawili 
Bleo. Ficus heteropoda Mig. and others were observed but not 
collected. In the following list there are enumerated forty 
species, eight of which are new to botanical science. 
