en the fire
was fanned. But one can not call this a cause for insurrection,
nor do I believe that for such thefts the means should be to take
the stealers of carabaos to Manila so that they might be punished;
but it is enough for the alcaldes-mayor to watch over their province
and punish these thefts. By so doing they would succeed in lessening
thefts, for the extermination of them is as impossible as is making
an end of the classes of the thieves according to the proverb of the
Indians, "When the rats die, then the thieves will come to an end."'

"It is true that perhaps one ought not to ascribe all this
demoralization to a perverse disposition. One must not have lived
among the Filipinos, or have been very blind in regard to them, to
say that they are all thieves. There are very many who, although they
could steal with impunity, do not do so.... The frequency of theft may
proceed from other causes. Perhaps the system of mercy and impunity
that has dictated and is dictating the sentences of the Audiencia of
Manila has contributed thereto...."

[161] M. and D. omit "of which I heard," and the latter reads "and
I shall only tell of two of which I was a witness."

Spaniards also, says Delgado (pp. 310, 311), recount things that are
not credible, and "it is not to be wondered at that some rude and
ignorant people should believe such nonsense; and if they believe
some things that are told them by some scholars, it is because of
the authority of those people among them.... This happens commonly
in other places, besides among the Indians."

[162] See an account of this matter and the trouble caused by it,
in Vol. XXXIX.

[163] i.e., "Silver and gold have I none"--a reference to Acts III, 6.

[164] M. and D. read "miners."

[165] "When the ship 'Santa Ana' arrived at Manila in the year 1832
with 250 Spanish soldiers, it was rumored among the women of the
tobacco factory that those soldiers were coming to take away their
children in order to irrigate the mines in Espana with their blood. All
were aroused and fled to their homes, took their children, and began
to take refuge in the houses of the Spanish women, and they could
not be persuaded that it was all nonsense. The house of Dona Dolores
Goyena was filled with them. Also many men armed with spears came
out on the streets; but the disorder gradually subsided." (Mas, p. 82.)

[166] M. and D. add "for all the ministers cannot free them from
this deceit."

[167] Thi