THE PHILIPPINES 



1. Bismuth in tablets. 



8. Medicated gauze and cotton. 



9. Small surgical kit with scissors, scalpel, forceps, needles and silk. 



10. Flask of brandy, or aromatic spirits of ammonia. The ammonia 

 is to volatile to keep its strength long. 



11. 95 Alcohol (ethyl). 



It hardly requires emphasis, the danger from infection in this 

 region, for this iodine is the best preventive. 



13. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 



GAME. 



The principal game in the Philippines consists of fish (sea and 

 lake fish), wild carabao (water buffalo), tamarao, deer, wild hog, 

 snipe, pigeons, wild chickens and white parrots. On the island of 

 Mindoro the wild water-buffalo of the kind known as Tamarao is 

 not only unique but exciting to hunt. He is somewhat similar to 

 the Seladang of the Malay Peninsula in his fierceness. This animal 

 is somewhat smaller than the carabao, with horns which point 

 almost straight back. The tamarao is known nowhere else in the 

 World. 



Contrary to expectation there are few fish in the mountain streams 

 as the torrential rainfall of this region make it impossible for them 

 to exist there. The deep sea fishing in the waters about the islands 

 is very fine sport and an abundance of sea food is at all times 

 available. 



REPTILES, etc. 



In many of the rivers of the Philippines there are crocodiles 

 which have to be guarded against in bathing or fording. They 

 have been known to attack men. \Vhile there are pythons, vii 

 cobras, etc. in the Philippines the writer can say from his own 



x'rience in the jungle that they need be given little thought as 

 they are rarely seen. First aid to bites here as elsewhere, though 

 mor- immediate attention is required, a cobra's bite in some instances 

 may cause death in less than five minutes. In any event, the outcome 

 usually is fatal unless serum is given promptly. Leeches in some 

 portions of the Archipelago dnnm; tin- rainy season cause no little 

 inconvenience. The stings of certain salt-water jelly fish give rise 

 t" I'tinful, and occasionally serious symptoms. 



