dage is thereby caused. There
are often serious quarrels, which two judges of the theater end
by deciding according to the laws. When any one of the contestants
does not conform to the sentence, he has recourse to the alcalde,
who takes the evidences in regard to the matter; and these quarrels
generally go on appeal to the superintendency and to the upper
litigious assembly. These causes are judged according to existing
instructions, which were written in America.

"The Indians are also very fond of cards. They play brisca, burro
(which is distinct from that of Espana), and panguingui, which is
a game played very commonly by the Chinese. In this occupation they
often pass all the night until dawn; and the cabezas de barangay lose
the tributes of their subjects, and they have to go immediately to
jail, or take to the mountain.

"They generally play duplo at their parties--a game consisting in
arithmetical combinations--and also our game of forfeits." (Mas,
pp. 69-71.)

[144] Delgado (p. 308) admits that the youthful servants do break
dishes, but they are cheap. "There are Indians in Manila who make
and repair watches and other delicate baubles, and do not break
them. Consequently, not only can they handle bamboo, rattan, nipa, and
bolos, but also other things; and they make and handle them lovingly."

"This is because they are generally heedless, sometimes through
stupidity, and at other times because they are thinking of their
sweetheart, or of something else, instead of what they are doing. When
the Filipino drops a dish, the Spaniard says nothing, or is satisfied
by calling him only a brute, animal, or savage; while in his own home,
he would not escape without some buffets, which have more effect on
this race than would the Philippics of Cicero." (Mas, p. 71.)

[145] "The father must have said this of the country people, or of
those who are servants; for among those who devote themselves to the
arts there are some who turn out work very delicate and difficult to
execute, even in Europa--as, for instance, the textiles and embroidery
of pina, and the gold chains or bejuquillos, etc." (Mas, pp. 71, 72.)

[146] D. adds "or [rather] not eating." This incident is related in
the second part of Don Quixote, chapter xlvii.

[147] This sentence is omitted in M. The following is there a question,
"And what shall we say if they bring four eggs?"

[148] A Dominican and the assistant of Archbishop Pardo, who became
acting