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much wider than is customary, and is intended as the sleeping place for 

 the warriors, or illustrious guests. As the writer and his wife were 

 considered, by the datu, as belonging to the latter class, they were 

 favored with this vantage spot, from which they could view and be 

 viewed by the whole household. Along the sides of the room are 

 elevated box-like enclosures in which the datu and some of his wives 

 and daughters sleep and keep their belongings. At night the balance 

 of the family, including men, women, children, and dogs, occupy the 

 floor. Midway between the side walls and near to the elevated plat- 

 form are two decorated bamboo poles, which are raised in honor of the 

 patron spirits of the warriors; while in other parts of the room are 

 baskets, hanging altars, and other devices in which are placed offerings 

 intended for the spirits. In addition to the customary furnishings are 

 hundreds of objects testifying to the wealth of the datu. Clothes, 

 boxes, dozens of huge copper gongs, drums, ancient Chinese jars and 

 plates, spears and shields, beaded clothing, baskets, and last but not 

 least — in the estimation of the datu — a huge enameled advertisement 

 of an American brewery. 



In the western part of the Bagobo district is a village known as 

 Bansalan. Recently its people have been induced to leave the old 

 settlement and build in a new location, midway between the mount- 

 ains and the sea. Here the writer found a very different type of house 

 (Plate XVIa). Small trees formed the uprights to which cross-beams 

 were tied to make the roof supports, and on these rested a final covering 

 of nipa palm. A few feet above the ground other supports were lashed 

 and on them strips of palma brava were laid as flooring. In the few 

 cases where the houses were fitted with sides, strips of nipa palm 

 fastened together with rattan were used. There seemed to be no 

 uniform type of dwelling, each house differing from its neighbor in 

 number of rooms, floor levels, or in other respects. Only one feature, 

 the elevated sleeping platform at one end of the house, was always 

 found. A few miles further inland, in the old settlement, the houses 

 are of the type already described in detail. The people have been 

 practically forced to their new location by governmental action. The 

 new careless type of structures seen in Bansalan probably represents, 

 to them, temporary structures in which they expect to remain only 

 until a change of governors will furnish an excuse for returning to the 

 old location. 



OTHER BUILDINGS. 



Near to each farm house or settlement will be seen one or more 

 granaries, in which rice is stored (Plate XIV). Four poles form the 



