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pounded herbs. A decoction of certain leaves is used to cure smallpox, 
but in ordinary cases of severe illness the measures taken are purely of a 
nature calculated to appease the anitos who are okey: to be making 
the trouble. 
Death is taken very quietly by the living. A woman weeps a day for 
a child or a husband, but men do not weep over thesdeath of friends or 
relatives. There is no long or loud lamentation as with the Llongots. 
The body, wrapped in a blanket on which are woven white anito figures, 
is placed in a rudely fashioned chair and set inside the house, immediately 
in front of the door. Feasting and drinking then begin and last for a 
time which varies with the wealth and importance of the deceased. 
There is no field work in an dto on the day when an adult person is 
buried. The body is placed in a coffin and buried in the ground. When 
the coffin has been lowered, tlie grave is filled as quickly as possible in 
order to avoid evil portents, such as the crowing of cocks, the barking of 
dogs, and the crossing of the trail by snakes or rats. The bodies of 
persons of importance are buried at the outskirts of the town; those of 
ordinary persons in the fields near their houses; those of children are 
not placed in coffins. The bodies of very young childreti are buried close 
to the houses in order that the children may be afforded protection. 
After a burial, the relatives return to the house of the deceased and pass 
the night there, a ceremony being performed with the apparent objet of 
propitiating his anito. On the following day all the male relatives go 
to some neighboring stream and fish. ‘That evening they have a fish 
festival to which all the ancestral anitos are invited. The second night 
is also spent at the house of the deceased, after which the relatives retire 
to their homes at night. The funeral rites last from two to eight days. 
In general it may be said of the Bontoc Zgorot that, although a pagan, 
he is brave, industrious and intelligent, and is possessed of a strong sense 
of humor which leads him at times to play practical jokes even upon 
white men. He has shown himself rather docile in the matter of giving 
up head-hunting. He responds readily to the discipline of military serv- 
ice, and makes a good soldier. All in all, there is much hope that he 
ultimately will make great progress in civilization and in material pros- 
perity, but his intense corer vataatn will, at the outset, render such prog- 
ress slow. 
The boys are bright and learn rapidly. They also indulge in vigorous, 
not to say rough, play, and laugh and shout like small American boys, 
presenting in this particular a pleasing contrast to the silent and timid 
children of the civilized towns. 
I incline to believe that Rizal’s statement that the hope of the Philip- 
pines lies in the people of the mountains is worthy of more serious con- 
sideration than has hitherto been accorded to it. At present, very few of 
his countrymen are really interested in the work of civilizing the wild 
