Up at Sagada we came upon the only bed of mint that any of us had ever seen in the Philippines, and as General Bell had almost an inspired knowledge as to what mint was originally intended for, this gave us material for three new verses:

One rainy day we reached Sagada,

Heigh ho! Among the rice fields!

One rainy day we reached Sagada,

Ha! Ha! As we toiled along o’er the hills of Bontoc!

A place most sweet with fragrant mint-beds,

Heigh ho! How did it get there?

A place most sweet with fragrant mint-beds,

Ha! Ha! ‘Way high up in the hills of Bontoc!