Under the most favourable circumstances, it may be transported thither in small _bancas_ [494] down the streams.
The lowland people of Samar and Leyte had long been holding up the hill people when they brought in their hemp for sale in precisely the way that Filipinos in other islands are accustomed to hold up members of the non-Christian tribes.

They played the part of middlemen, purchasing the hemp of the ignorant hill people at low prices and often reselling it, without giving it even a day's storage, at a very much higher figure.

This system was carried so far that conditions became unbearable and finally resulted in so-called _pulajanism_ which began in the year 1904.
The term _pulajan_ is derived from a native word meaning "red" and was given to the mountain people because in their attacks upon the lowlanders they wore, as a distinguishing mark, red trousers or a dash of red colour elsewhere about their sparse clothing.

They raided coast towns and did immense damage before they were finally brought under control.

It should be remembered that these conditions were allowed to arise by a Filipino provincial governor, and by Filipino municipal officials.