Chapter I: Front Matter

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Our Little Philippine Cousin

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BY MARY HAZELTON WADE

(unless otherwise indicated)

=Our Little African Cousin=

=Our Little Alaskan Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

=Our Little Arabian Cousin=
By Blanche McManus

=Our Little Armenian Cousin=

=Our Little Australian Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

=Our Little Brazilian Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

=Our Little Brown Cousin=

=Our Little Canadian Cousin=
By Elizabeth R. MacDonald

=Our Little Chinese Cousin=
By Isaac Taylor Headland

=Our Little Cuban Cousin=

=Our Little Dutch Cousin=
By Blanche McManus

=Our Little Egyptian Cousin=
By Blanche McManus

=Our Little English Cousin=
By Blanche McManus

=Our Little Eskimo Cousin=

=Our Little French Cousin=
By Blanche McManus

=Our Little German Cousin=

=Our Little Greek Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

=Our Little Hawaiian Cousin=

=Our Little Hindu Cousin=
By Blanche McManus

=Our Little Hungarian Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

=Our Little Indian Cousin=

=Our Little Irish Cousin=

=Our Little Italian Cousin=

=Our Little Japanese Cousin=

=Our Little Jewish Cousin=

=Our Little Korean Cousin=
By H. Lee M. Pike

=Our Little Mexican Cousin=
By Edward C. Butler

=Our Little Norwegian Cousin=

=Our Little Panama Cousin=
By H. Lee M. Pike

=Our Little Persian Cousin=
By E. C. Shedd

=Our Little Philippine Cousin=

=Our Little Porto Rican Cousin=

=Our Little Russian Cousin=

=Our Little Scotch Cousin=
By Blanche McManus

=Our Little Siamese Cousin=

=Our Little Spanish Cousin=
By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

=Our Little Swedish Cousin=
By Claire M. Coburn

=Our Little Swiss Cousin=

=Our Little Turkish Cousin=

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ALILA Our Little Philippine Cousin

By Mary Hazelton Wade

_Illustrated by_ L. J. Bridgman

Boston
L. C. Page & Company
Publishers

_Copyright, 1902_
By L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

_All rights reserved_

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Tenth Impression, July, 1909
Eleventh Impression, August, 1910

Preface

ON the farther side of the great Pacific Ocean are the Philippine Islands. These form one of the many island groups that hang like a fringe or festoon on the skirt of the continent of Asia. Like most of the islands in the Pacific, the Philippines are inhabited by people belonging to the brown race, one of the great divisions of the family of mankind.

The Philippines are shared by many tribes, all belonging to the same brown race. People of one tribe may be found on one of these islands; those of a different tribe are living on another; or one tribe may live in a valley and its neighbour in the hills; and so on to the number of eighty tribes. Each tribe has its own customs and ways. And yet we shall call these various peoples of the brown race our cousins; for not only are they our kindred by the ties which unite all the races of men in this world; they have been adopted into the family of our own nation, the United States of America.

The people of these islands are many of them wild and distrustful children. They have no faith in us; they do not wish to obey our laws. If we are in earnest in our wish to do them good, and not harm, we must learn to know them better, so that we may understand their needs. That is one reason why we are going to learn about our little Philippine cousin, Alila of Luzon.

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE NEW BABY 9
II. HIS FIRST PARTY 15
III. THE CHRISTENING 21
IV. THE BUILDING OF THE HOUSE 25
V. FOUR-FOOTED FRIENDS 29
VI. THE BUFFALO HUNT 33
VII. THE RICH MAN'S HOME 39
VIII. TAPPING FOR TUBA 46
IX. FOREST AND STREAM 51
X. A SWARM OF LOCUSTS 57
XI. THE NEW HOME 63
XII. IN THE FOREST 68
XIII. CROCODILES 73
XIV. TONDA'S STORY 77
XV. STRANGE NEIGHBOURS 81
XVI. THE STOUT-HEARTED SAILOR 88

List of Illustrations

PAGE
ALILA _Frontispiece_
"HIS MOTHER HAD BATHED HIM IN THE WATER OF THE RIVER" 21
"SOMETIMES ALILA RIDES ON HIS BACK" 31
"HE WAS AS NIMBLE AS A SQUIRREL" 49
"SUCH A DIN AND COMMOTION YOU NEVER HEARD" 58
"'AROUND ONE PART OF THE CITY THERE IS A STRONG WALL'" 78

ALILA

Our Little Philippine Cousin