Fie. 
Fie. 
Fic. 
Fig. 
Fie. 
ran 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
PLATE I. 
. Fish drying in the sun. 
. Interior of an establishment for smoking fish in Tondo, Manila. 
Smoke from saw-dust fires issues from the holes and passes 
through trays of fish. 
PLATE II. 
. A corral of ducks on the Pasig River at Pateros. 
. An incubating room for the making of balut. The bundles on 
the floor contain ducks’ eggs ready for packing in the bamboo 
cylinders. 
PLATE III. 
. An incubator used for hatching ducks’ eggs. The men are engaged 
in turning the eggs. 
. A bihon factory. The process of grinding the rice between the 
millstones is shown. On the left are the sacks of ground ma- 
terial from which water is draining. 
PuaTeE IV. 
. A bihon factory. Balls of dough are shown on the kneading table 
in the foreground. In the background on the right is the 
caldron of boiling water and the press in place over it. The 
heavy beam forms the lever which is drawn down upon the 
dough in the perforated box, by winding the rope upon the 
drum shown in the foreground on the right. 
. Misua (on the right) stretched upon sticks and mique (on the 
left) on frames exposed to the sun to dry. 
PLATE V. 
. Misua and mique drying. Mique and bihon have the same appear- 
ance in photographs. 
. The manufacture of toyo sauce. Soja beans fermenting in earthen- 
ware jars in the sun. 
PLATE VI. 
Interior of a chocolate factory in Manila. 
401 
