disasters to which we had been exposed, and, with reunited strength, and abundant provisions for the day, we began to mount the high hills which separate the gulf of Maoban from the lake of Bay. The journey was laborious and painful. At seven o'clock we embarked on the lake, and towards midnight we reached Jala-Jala, where I very speedily forgot all the toil and trouble of my long and dangerous journey, while pressing my son in my arms and covering him with paternal kisses. My excellent friend Vidie, to whom I sold my house and establishment, gave me letters which he had received from Manilla, and from them I learned that my presence was desired there on affairs of importance. I resolved to start on the following day. CHAPTER XIII I Determine not again to Separate from my Son--I take him to Manilla--The Effects of the Wound I received among the Ajetas--My Recovery--Kindness of the Spanish and other Inhabitants of Manilla--Illness of my Son--I return with him to Jala-Jala--Sorrowful Remembrances--The Death of my poor Boy--His Interment--My frantic Grief and Despair--I Determine to Quit the Philippines--I am Called to Manilla by Madame Dolorès Seneris--My Final Departure from Jala-Jala--I Arrive at Manilla, where I resume Practice as a Surgeon--I Embark for France--Discontent--My Travels through Europe--I Marry again--Death of my Mother and my Second Wife--Conclusion. Having now concluded my last trip into the interior of the Philippines, I was desirous of not separating myself again from my son, the only being that remained to me of all those whom I had loved so tenderly. I took him with me to Manilla; but I did not altogether bid farewell to Jala-Jala, yet I had almost the intention of never going back to it. The journey was as agreeable as my melancholy recollections would permit. I experienced such pleasure in holding my boy in my arms, and in receiving his gentle caresses, that I occasionally forgot every sorrow. I arrived at Manilla, and took up my quarters in the environs, at the abode of Baptiste Vidie, brother of the friend whom I had left at Jala-Jala.