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We went first to the base of Monte Arayat, where examples 

 of many species of birds were collected. After this trial 

 trip we returned to Manila and changed the " collector " 

 for a " soldier." We left Manila again by steamer for San 

 Fernando, and from that port rode over the mountains to 

 La Trinadad, the cabecera of the province of Benguet, 

 arriving there on the 31st of December. 



In the highlands of Benguet the climate was perfect — 

 bright sunshine all day followed by cold clear nights. I 

 soon discovered that my soldier was no collector; he 

 certainly killed birds, but as various limbs and parts of 

 their little bodies were missing he was worse than useless. 

 Thus for the first few weeks the whole work was necessarily 

 done by myself. However, the mountains were so enticing, 

 the country so lovely, and the climate so exhilarating, that 

 I persevered and succeeded in obtaining a fine collection, 

 in which there were examples of no less than 19 new species 

 of birds. 



On reaching Manila again both my servants had had 

 enough of campaigning, and though one promised to come 

 with me again he left me at the very last moment, and hid 

 himself on the day of our departure. So I quitted Manila 

 for the third time with three new servants. This time we 

 steamed to Aparri on the north coast, and boated up the 

 Rio Grande to a tobacco estate in the province of Isabella, 

 at the foot of the eastern Cordillera of North Luzon. The 

 journey from Manila to this place took us from the 21st of 

 April to the 3rd of May. In a very few hours I discovered 

 that my two new collectors were useless. After some days 

 I myself was knocked up with dysentery, caused by the heat, 

 damp, and want of fresh food ; so the collection languished — 

 in fact, was a failure. After several weeks spent in Isabella I 

 sent my two " boys,^^ with the baggage, down the Rio Grande 



' The Ibis ' by Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant. For Part i. of tbe series see 

 Ibis, 1894, pp. 406-411 ; Part ii. ibid. pp. 501-522 ; Part iii. Ibis, 1895, 

 pp. 106-117 ; Part iv. ibid pp. 249-267 ; Part v. ibid. pp. 433-472 ; 

 Part V Ibis, 1896, pp. 101-128 ; Part vii. ibid. pp. 457-477 ; Part viii 

 ibid. pp. 525-665 ; Part ix. Ibis, 1897, pp. 209-250.— Edd.] 



