the influence and
dominion of the moon. M. gives the names as "Beyerlinhe," and D. as
"Bayarlinch."

Laurentius Beyerlinck was a noted Flemish savant and litterateur. He
was born at Antwerp in 1578, and, after studying in that city with
the Jesuits, went to Louvain, where he enjoyed a benefice until
1605. In that year he was recalled to Antwerp to become head of
the seminary, and soon afterward obtained a canonry and then an
archdeaconry there. His death occurred in Antwerp June 22, 1627,
at the age of forty-nine. Notwithstanding his short life and his
religious labors, he wrote a surprising amount. An edition of his
Magnum Theatrum Vitae Humanae appeared in London, in eight volumes,
in 1678. See Moreri's Dictionaire.

[113] "When they grow delirious in their sickness, they are never
frantic, but calm." (Mas, p. 64.)

[114] M. and D. add here "slow."

[115] In the Ayer MS. "serithnophagos." D. makes it "ictiofagos,"
which reading we have adopted; and M. omits the phrase.

[116] The abundance of fish is one of the means by which nature
aids their necessities. In the rainy season, all the creeks and
ravines are full of water and fish. The very rice fields swarm with
eels, shrimps, and a species of fish called dalag, which is about
two palmos long and more than two inches thick. It is especially
interesting for an European to see a crowd of people in the month of
October on the high-road, busily fishing in the sowed fields. As the
rice is now grown, it is impossible to see the water that bathes and
wets its roots, and consequently, when the hooks are drawn out with
fish two palmos long on them, it appears to be enchantment, or the
inconsequential things of a dream. As the water dries up, the fish,
still living, gather down in toward the hollows where there is yet some
water; and they are there caught with the hand, or killed with clubs.

"The Indians have three meals [per day]: breakfast, dinner, and
supper. These three meals consist of rice boiled in water but dry
like the rice cooked in the Valencian style, or like the Turkish
pilao. In addition they eat a trifle of fresh or salt fish, some
sort of meat stew, camotes, etc.; but rarely do they have more than
two different dishes, unless it is the occasion of a banquet. In the
dearest provinces, the [expense of] common food cannot be estimated
at more than one-half real of silver per day per adult; and since
the daily wage that they earn is at least one-half real a