The ofoer and men under his command proved to be very obliging. "He informed us that we were to consider ourselves at. liberty to roam where we wished in the surrounding hills and be assured perfect safety while doing £0, the only danger being Snakes which, however, were not poisonous "and. which could easily be destroyed by the swift stroke of a bamboo cane, He showed us how to do this.
8 am, on the 22nd, as the typhoon was still heading" towards Us, our skipper, always. mindful of his responsibility,—weighed—anchor and moored deeper in the creek, lose to the hills, s0 as to be better protected should' the typhoon veer In our direction.
'Medusa Creek offered a wonderful sight; in' every way it had the appearance of an inland sea, surround-hills, some of them towering about 2,000' fect. The formation of the hills is particularly attractive, well-covered with shrubs, pine trees and bamboo groves. The only fault the entire section was the muddy, condition of the shores, with but few sandy spots here and there where the water is clear. One may land almost. anywhere and immediately Spot a stone-paved footpath " which appear to be endless and leads all along the creek at about 100 to 200 feet above the creek's water level.
By following these footpaths one'
Ted from "one hill to another among shrubs, pine trees, bamboo roves, with the scent of alr pervade: Ing the hills. "At each turn of footpath one is confronted with new and beautiful panoramic view, tach different from the other. simply gorgeous pare very favour Dest scenery found country round the Medusa Creek is very thinly populated, but the few Inhabitants to be found about are al very fine and friendly type of people fand extremely obliging. They read.
offer visitors seating accommodation and hot te As there were no signs of typhoon approaching, the barometer not re-ister ing any fall, we decided to go {o the end of the'ereek in our small motor boat. We landed at a pier Which seemed to be the remains fan old bridge. As soon as we got fathore we walked through a bamboo jyrove with well-kept stone-paved. footpaths for about a mile and dis covered a fine fresh water brook, we followed this brook up hill and found A most refreshing looking pool where} had a swim anda good rubdown.
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