FIELD SPORTS OF NORTHERN LUZON 



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CLIMBING THK GREASED POLE 



"A long-haired heathen from the north starts with a running jump, goes up the bamboo 

 like a streak and grabs the money bag" (see page 239) 



with a vicious strain. The white marker 

 has apparently not deviated from its cen- 

 tral position by a hair's breadth. Both 

 teams have dropped exactly together and 

 now how they pull and how their per- 

 fectly developed muscles stand out ! A 

 minute goes by, then two, three, four. 



The rope moves a bit. Talubin gains an 

 inch and loses it ; gains two inches and 

 holds one of them for a while. Then 

 the white marker slowly but very stead- 

 ily moves back whence it came and con- 

 tinues to move toward the Samoqui side. 

 Samoqui is too heavy for Talubin. 



