Excerpt from The People of the Philippines: Letter From the Secretary of War, Transmitting an Article on the People of the Philippines Compiled in the Division of Insular Affairs of the War Department
Like the other civilized natives, they live principally on rice and fish, which they capture in large quantities. Blumentritt mentions two kinds, the ipon and dolon, which they salt or pickle.
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