AS A SCIENTIST

Rizal found Dapitan and its

environments teeming floral
and fauna specimens. He was
able to use reliable collection
of reptiles, birds, crustaceans
etc. He was able to send these
collection to Ateneo and some
selected European museums AS A SCHOLAR WRITER
AS AN EXILE IN DAPITAN On February 1983 He reported
His works and experiences in to Bluementritt that he is
Dapitan exercises his practical studying Bisayan and Mlayan
nationalism. It convinced himself languages. He also contributed
that self-improvement and to the field of philology
community development are the andetymology. He wrote four
beginning of national letter to Rev. Pablo Pastells, S.J.
governance. on philosophy and religion.
ACTIVITIES
OF RIZAL
IN DAPITAN
DEBATES ON RELIGION
AS AN ARTIST
He exchanged letters with Fr,
While in dapitan Rizal did not
Pablo Pastells his former teacher,
neglect his talent for painting and
his opinion on religion are
sculpture. Some statuettes he
enlightening. While Fr. Sanchez
created were wild boar, burst of
offered ma professorship, a
captain Carnicero, a reclining
hundred thousand pesos and a
figure of Josephine Bracken, St.
hacienda, if he would retract
AS A COMMUNITY Paul Holding a cross, a dapitan
what he have written in his
LEADER girl cutting grass and mothers
novels about the friars in the
He devoted much effort in revenge
Philippines but they are no to
avail Dapitan. He tilled the soil and
planted rice, corn, abaca and
many fruit trees. He practiced his
profession as physician and eye
surgeon. Constructed residential
and little Hospital houses