Aueusr 25, 1914] A Fascicte or Norra AaGusaN Fras 2371 
When I left, there were seven nice buildings in rows with 
a wide street between, not promiscuously scattered as they 
wanted their houses placed. : 
Bayabas is a mile or two north of the dry Minnsuang 
river bed, at about 750 feet altitude and as already stated 
among heavy more or less mixed Dipterocarpaceae forests. 
It is a favorable place for the red headed birds. Besides 
being diurnal in habit I used to hear them cluck together 
in the night time just before dawn. 
In the forests of the mountains are two kinds of honey produc- 
ing bees. The ordinary bee in the hollow of trees or in cliffs, and 
the large b'ack hornet-like kind whose nests hang from the limbs, 
preferably from those of tall trees. The nativess would always 
give me the honey while they preferred to eat the grubs. 
The Manobo then cut off the outer sheath of a Pinanga or 
other alpine palm tree, sliced and trimmed it, doubled it up into 
a squarish receptacle and sewed together the upper edges 
of the corners with bejacos or vines. Our surplus combs with 
honey was carried home in this improvised bucket. These re- 
ceptacles were quickly and neatly made and would hold water. 
At another time we were far up the mountain along a dry 
forested ridge when we came upon an old dead tree whose 
decayed bark and wood had accumulated on the ground 
around the trunk. My Manobo companion was delighted 
at the signs, slung his cargo off his shoulders and started 
to scratch down into the debris of the rotten bark and 
wood. He dug down nearly his full arm’s length and hauled 
out two large ellipsoid eggs. We had no water to boil 
them. The Manobo then rolled the eggs in succulent leaves 
and placed them in the middle of a pile of green palm leaflets. 
He then covered the entire pile with dry foliage and set 
them on fire all around. After a few minutes he took the 
eggs out and they were beautifully roa:ted clear through and 
had a fine taste. 
Half a mile to the east of Bayabas is the Catangan 
Creek which finally empties into the Minu-uang River, and 
about three miles to the westis the Dalahion Creek. There 
were minor streams coming down the mountains and coursing 
through the heavy forested flats. Immediately back of the little 
settlement of Bayabas was. the beginning of æ forested ridge 
