Note 15 — Chapter XXXII · Improved Means of Communication

Needless to say, the surfacing was completed as soon as possible, and then came what the Filipinos call a great desengaño.15 I venture to say that from the time the road was finished until it was completely destroyed there was never a shovelful of dirt nor a basketful of gravel placed upon it. In 1908 I attempted to drive over it in one of the two-wheeled rigs known as carromatas, which will go almost anywhere. I was upset twice in as many miles and gave up the attempt.