se or chirping lizard,
which is often seen and heard on the walls of the houses. See Census
of Philippines, i, p. 74.

Arthur Stanley Riggs says in a note in a forthcoming volume, The
Filipino Drama: "The common or house lizard in the Philippines has a
pretty, chirping note. When one hears a lizard 'sing,' as the Spaniards
call the cry, it means, among the Ilocanos, an important visit of
some kind. If hunting at the time one hears several lizards sing,
he must turn back immediately, as disaster will inevitably follow
further progress. Other curious and interesting superstitions obtain
in like manner in other parts of the islands."

[27] i.e., "over and above the dowry."

[28] i.e., "Property which was given to women over and above the dowry,
and remained at their own disposition."

[29] Juan Francisco Combes was born at Zaragoza on October 5,
1620. At the age of twelve he entered the Jesuit order as a novice,
at Tarragona; after six years of study there, he wished to enter
the Philippine missions, and was therefore sent to Mexico to await
an opportunity for going to the islands. This did not come until
1643, when Diego de Bobadilla went from Acapulco with forty-seven
Jesuit missionaries, of whom Combes was one; five of these died in an
epidemic, which carried away one hundred and fifteen of the people on
the ship. Combes completed his theological studies at Manila, and was
ordained in 1645, being soon afterward sent to Zamboanga. He remained
in Mindanao twelve years, often acting as ambassador of the governors
to Corralat and other Moro chiefs, and ministering in various places;
in 1657 he returned to Manila, where he spent two years, and then three
years in Leyte. He was then recalled (1662) to Manila, and tried to
induce the authorities there to maintain the forts in the Moro country;
but his efforts failed. In 1665 he was sent as procurator for his order
to Madrid and Rome; but he died on the voyage, December 29 of that
year. (Retana and Pastells's ed. of Hist. de Mindanao, col. vi-xix.)

[30] Of the Caragas, Blumentritt says (Tribes of the Philippines,
Mason's translation, p. 535): "In older works are so named the warlike
and Christian inhabitants of the localities subdued by the Spaniards
on the east coast of Mindanao, and, indeed, after their principal
city, Caraga. It has been called, if not a peculiar language,
a Visaya dialect, while now only Visaya (near Manobo and Mandaya)
is spoken, and an especial Car