122 The National Geographic Magazine 



The Filipinos have many forms of 

 amusements, but the greatest of them all 

 is cock-fighting. There is in the Hilder 

 collection a cock-fighter's box, contain- 

 ing four steel gaffs to fasten on the 

 fighting cock's spurs and four leashes 

 to restrict them when not actively en- 

 gaged. Pompa cabesa, a puzzle game, 

 is shown. Natives in nearl}^ every part 

 of Luzon play this game, which is at- 

 tended with much betting. Roulette 

 wheels and other games of chance are 

 much in vogue throughout the islands, 

 as the collection shows. 



Foot ball must be a popular game in 

 the islands, judging by a ball which the 

 Filipino tosses and kicks about. It is 

 somewhat different from our regulation 

 foot ball, being made of a number of 



strips or splints of rattan tied in the 

 form of a "Turk's head " knot. 



Forcible illustrations of Filipino war- 

 fare are fifteen cylindrical canisters of 

 native Filipino manufacture, formed of 

 sheets of tin nailed around two cir- 

 cular pieces of wood ; they are filled 

 with scraps of iron and fired by insur- 

 gents from smooth-bore guns at verj^ 

 short range ; and a bamboo cannon 

 botmd with wire, captured b)^ United 

 States troops, at Balange Bataan, on 

 January 5, 1900. 



The exhibit comprises much more 

 than can be covered in a brief article. It 

 will prove profitable in giving informa- 

 tion as to commercial interests, besides 

 giving new ideas and opinions concern- 

 ing the Philippines and their people. 



