Dapitan
Receives items delivered – Josephine to go to Manila on account of her health – Doesn’t know the address of Mr. M de los Reyes – Asks for other items – Updates on his nephews – The wild boar and a sikop have been caught – Sends snails, a swallows nest, and other things – The tables are ready – Asks for socks for the people.
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Dapitan, April 9, 1896
Miss Trinidad Rizal
My dear Sister:
I received your letter as well as the rice, flour, shoes, the percale, etc. and I thank you very much.
Miss B. was about to take this boat to go there, because she has been very sick on account of her teeth and other things besides, and I was going to give her your order of narra. But she will go in the next boat if she has no inconvenience and she will take them as her baggage.
I do not know the address of Mr. M. de los Reyes, and if I know it, I would tell you, neither does brother-in-law know.
Send us tea, sugar, three sacks of rice. The helmet that I am telling you about is that casque or hat that I had. My shoes are all right, too good for these places; the others are not mine.
Miss B. thanks you for your regards and she wishes you the same.
Tell Sra. Maria that Moris is growing fast and soon he will overtake Tan. He is learning much but as he is very playful I have to scold him often.
The big wild boar has been caught by Kikoy and he gave the head and one leg to me. I am sending you there some dried meat. We have also killed a sikop.
Inside the box which we are sending you, there is a package of snails to be added to my collection; the other package is for Ikang, and the others, ferns (cypreas) for you.
By the next mail I will send you swallow’s nests and other things. Everything is ready, like the tables that that were about to go on this boat, but I cannot trouble much a person to take the box along.
Here they like very much the pieces of percale.
The young people here wear socks and shoes by order of F. Vicente; because of this, Pasia requests you to buy her a pair of shoes. Enclosed is the measurement. During the Holy week the women have been required to wear socks, poor and ugly at 3 reals a pair. If I had 5 dozens, I could have sold all. Send me, however, two dozens of the black and cheap ones, so they would not buy my socks.
Nothing more, command your brothers who loves you.
JOSE RIZAL
Give dried meat and fish to those in Estraude and Sra. Neneng, a little only
01-896 [Family]