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CHAPTER XXXIV
'THE BATTLE OF THE EGGS'
AUGUST 30, Igoo, I was ordered on temporary duty to
Dagupan as Chief Surgeon of the Third District, com-
manded by General Jacob H. Smith. Dagupan is a sea-
port on the west coast of Luzon and was then the ter-
minus of the railway from Manila, and some distance
north of Angeles.
The railroad was still torn up north of us and I traveled
overland with an escort. The trip was uneventful except
for a comical incident as I was crossing a large river in a
canoe. In addition to the two native boatmen and my-
self there was in the craft a half-drunken soldier with a
pretty little parrakeet attached to one of his thumbs by a
cord. The soldier, returning home from a furlough, made
strenuous efforts to conceal his condition from me, and of
course the more he tried the more evident it became.
When part way across he lost his balance and went over-
board head first, nearly upsetting the craft.
The water was deep, the current swift, and the man
could not swim, but the natives were very skillful and in a
moment had swung around and we were beside him and
I pulled him in. The bath had sobered him, but the poor
little bird, his brilliant plumage drenched and bedrag-
gled, after giving himself a good shake, turned loose with
a string of Spanish profanity that was perfectly astound-
ing. He must have been raised with a bull-whacker.
While at Dagupan I had another experience that was
somewhat extraordinary as well as amusing. A part of
my duties was the inspection of the garrisons, and as
quite a number in General Smith's District lay along the
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Hoyt, Henry Franklin. A Frontier Doctor, book, 1929; Boston, Massachusetts. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143532/m1/297/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.