Lingayen Gulf

The best tobacco grows in the north of Luzon, in the province of Isabella, and the south of Cagayan, the most northern province of that island, in the valley of the Rio Grande de Cagayan.

The northern province of Luzon, from the Gulf of Lingayen in the west to the Pacific, are separated from Manila by a range of high mountains, the Caraballo, over which there is, with the exception of a path and the telegraph, no road whatever, much less a railway.

The tobacco, therefore, is sent on covered boats called barangay-janes, down the Rio Grande to Apari, and there shipped by steamer to Manila.

A flat-bottomed steamboat also runs from Iligan, when the water allows it.

The traffic between Manila and the provinces is carried on mostly by means of 35 steamers and a large number of smaller sailing vessels.

The sole railway runs from Manila to Dagupan.

The Port of Pangasinan, a rice-growing province on the west coast of Luzon on the Gulf of Lingayen.

The only large line of ships touching at Manila is the Compañia Transatlántica from Barcelona to Manila, which however also has Liverpool as a shipping port, as the steamers would otherwise scarcely be able always to secure a full cargo.

She walked from Manila to Columpit to the nearest American station.

Because at that time, the Americans were already coming to Manila from Lingayen, from Lingayen Gulf, right? They were already there in Bulacan, which is around 40 miles to Manila.

And she walked by foot.

She went by foot with this ailment.