e god of the mountain or volcano of
Apo; this person's value is generally apportioned among those who
participate in the sacrifice, and he who pays most is the first to
wound the unfortunate victim. The latter is cut into mincemeat in a
moment amid the horrifying cries of his infamous executioners. Thanks
to the painstaking vigilance of the authorities of that district, and
to the incessant care of the missionaries, so impious and criminal
a ceremony is almost entirely eradicated, and is only practiced
in secret, in the densest woods. In addition to the huaga, there
are true cases of cannibalism among the Baganis, who are wont to
eat the raw entrails of those who fall before their lances, krises,
and balaraos in battle. They do that as a mark of bravery. They have
a proverb which says: "I am long accustomed to eat the entrails of
men." (Pastells and Retana's Combes, cols. 657, 658.)

[61] Referring to Tuambaloca, the queen of Raya Bongso; Bactial
(misprinted Bachal in the Combes text) was his bastard son, who for
a time ruled Jolo, during his father's life.

[62] These patolas are mentioned by Pigafetta in his relation. See
Vol. XXXIV, p. 59.

[63] A measure of capacity equivalent to about one-half an English
gallon, or two liters.

[64] This last sentence is in the language of the Inquisition,
the original being "y aun entre barbaros puso con sambenito
al vicioso, para que no tengan escusa los que se le hizieron
Familiares." "Sambenito" (translated "penance") is the "garment worn by
penitent convicts of the Inquisition;" or "an inscription in churches,
containing the name, punishment, and signs of the chastisement of
those doing penance."

[65] The dedo is a measure equivalent to one forty-eighth of the vara
or Spanish yard.

[66] Father Pastells has seen the immediate effects of the execution
of judgment by boiling water, and cured a young man, who had thrust
his hand into boiling water, by sentence of the chiefs, in order to
prove his innocence. The judgment of plunging the parties into water
is also practiced, and he who remains in the water the shortest time
is adjudged the criminal. (Pastells and Retana's Combes, col. 659.)

[67] These prices are mentioned in Vol. XLI, appendix.

[68] One of the chief causes of the great depopulation of Mindanao
and the Visayan Islands was the slavery produced by the piracy of the
Lutaos, encouraged by the Moros of Borneo, Celebes, Gilolo, Macazar,
Ternate, and the othe