- Author:
- Lala, Ramon Reyes
- Publication Info:
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New York:
Continental publishing company,
1899,
pg 81
Text on page 81
The Various Tribes.
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Europeans in the East Indies. Under competent leadership the native, though strongly averse to discipline, can be made a splendid soldier. As sailors, too, I do not believe they can be equalled. For, lithe, active, and fond of the water, the Malays
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Malay race as cruel negritos of pampanga.
and bloodthirsty.
But these were pirates in their owrn waters, and preyed upon their own countrymen, by whom they were feared no less than were the Spanish and English freebooters of old by their countrymen. Why, then, should their outrages and rapacity be taken as indicative of the Malay character any more than are the atrocities of the Caucasian corsair of their race ?
The natives are all excellent swimmers, and are absolutelyThe natives are all excellent swimmers, and are absolutely
