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SOCSCI III

Summary of

Chapter 23 – 24

Aguila, Jommar G.

BSMT 3B1

Chapter 23

Last Trip Abroad,

* No longer an exile, Rizal had a pleasant trip from Dapitan to Manila with delightful stopovers in Dumaguete, Cebu, Iloilo, Capiz, and Romblon. - He missedthe regular steamer Isla de Luzon which sailed toSpain the day before he arrived in Manila Bay while waiting for the next ship for Spain, he was kept as a guest´ onboard the Spanish cruiser Castilla.

* August 26, 1896, Andres Bonifacio and the Katipunan raised the cry of revolution in the hills of Balintawak a few miles north of Manila. Rizal, worried about the raging hostilities, left for Spain on the steamer Isla de Panay. September 3, 1896. It was his last trip abroad.

* The España left Dumaguete about 1:00 p.m and reached Cebu of the following morning. Rizal was fascinated by the entrance to Cebu which he considered beautiful´. - At the house of Attorney Mateos. He met an old couple whom he had known in Madrid - In Cebu. He wrote in his diary, I did two operations of strabotomy, one operation on the ears, and another of tumor´. -

* In the morning of Monday August 3, Rizal left Cebu going to Iloilo. ‘The voyage was fine. At the right we saw Mactan an island famous for what happened to Magellan. The whole afternoon was magnificent . . . We saw many islands along our way . . . The next day, in the morning, we entered Iloilo´ . . .Rizal landed at Iloilo, went shopping in the city, and visited Molo’

* Rizal Misses Ship Going to Spain (España) - Arrived in Manila Bay early in August 6, 1896 - Unfortunately, Rizal was not able to catch the mail ship Isla de Luzon for Spain because it had departed the previous day at 5:00 p.m. . He was greatly disappointed, but he took this unlucky incidence with abiding resignation.

* Writing to Bluementritt later, Rizal mentioned this episode, ‘Unfortunately, I did not catch the mail ship for Spain, and fearing that my stay in Manila for month...