• A Don Ricardo Carnicero

• poem which Rizal wrote for

Captain Carnicero on the occasion of
captain’s birthday August 26,1892
• Butuan – mail boat which brought the news
about Rizal’s winning in the lottery
• Three (3) pesetas – amount Rizal allotted
for lottery tickets every month
• P20,000 – lottery prize
• P6,200 of it was given to Rizal
• P2,000 of his share he gave to his father
and
• P200 to Basa in Hong Kong,
• the rest he invested thru purchasing
agricultural lands from the coast of Talisay
about kilometre away from Dapitan
Volunteers as Military Doctor
in Cuba
When Cuba was under revolution
and raging yellow fever epidemic,
Rizal wrote to Governor General
Ramon Blanco offering his services as
military doctor.
 Volunteers as Military Doctor
in Cuba
Governor Blanco later notified Rizal
of the acceptance of the offer. The
notification came along with an
instruction of acquiring first a pass
for Manila from the politico-military
commander of Dapitan.
 “The Song of the Traveler”

Upon receiving the acceptance of his

offer to go to Europe then to Cuba
to help in the curing of patients
suffering yellow fever, he wrote a
poem “El Canto del Viajero”
 Adios, Dapitan
 España – steamer which brought Rizal to Manila
from Dapitan
 Rizal was accompanied by Josephine, Narcisa,
Angelica (Narcisa’s daughter), his three nephews
and six pupils.
 As farewell, the town brass of Dapitan played the
dolorous Funeral March of Chopin.
 He stayed in Dapitan for four years, thirteen days
and a few hours.