which may not have been seen. Such
a supposition is illogical."

[125] The paragraph structure of M. and D. differs from our text in
the above two paragraphs, and in other places throughout this letter;
and the paragraphs are also unnumbered in both of these versions. The
copy owned by Eduardo Navarro, O.S.A., Valladolid, agrees with the
Ayer MS. in having numbered paragraphs, but the numbering is not in
all cases the same.

[126] At this point the following paragraphs which are not contained
in either the Ayer MS. or in D. occur.

"They think that it is a fine thing to meddle and take part in things
where they are not invited. Consequently, if any of Ours wishes to
attend to any bodily necessity, not fit to mention, even when he least
wishes it, there comes an Indian before or behind him even though he
leave the banca and seek the most retired spot to do what no other
can do for him.

"They cruelly treat the animals that serve them, and the danger of
losing them does not move them to the contrary. Thus following the
very opposite of St. Paul's command: Non alligavis vos bobi trituranti
[i.e., "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn,"--I
Tim. v, 18, a quotation from Deut. xxv, 4], they tie the poor cow or
carabao to a post after it has worked all day; and, if it is a horse,
they feed it without removing bit or bridle. And if they have to look
after their carabao it must be on condition of their being atop of it
while it moves from place to place; and on the road they make sores
on its buttocks."

That the Indian does not shut a door that he has opened, etc.;
Delgado says (p. 306): "This is done by boys, and is common in our
own country. It is not because of laziness, but perchance, for lack
of attention, or the liveliness or mischievousness of boys, in which
the aged and prudent Indians cannot be included." He has often seen
the carpenters carefully collect their tools and take them away, so
that they should not be lost. San Agustin's criticism is too general
and has proceeded from what he has experienced in a few foolish lads.

[127] "This," says Delgado (p. 307) "is peculiar only to some workmen,
and not to all the nations of these islands, and the same thing
happens also in our own country among cobblers, tailors, and other
deceitful and tricky workmen."

Mas comments as follows (pp. 66, 67): "There is no tailor, cobbler,
or workman of any kind, who does not begin by begging money when any