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and you Liblibayan, l go and get the jars which Kanag must pay as the 

 price for Dapillsan.' As soon as she commanded them, they went and 

 filled the balaua nine times." (Tale of Dumalawl.) 



"So they danced and the big jars which she had hung about her 

 neck made a noise, and the earth shook when she moved her body. 

 The people did not agree, and they said: 'Five times full, if you do 

 not have that many (jars) he may not marry Aponibolinayen.' He 

 was so anxious to marry her that he told his parents to agree to what 

 they said. As soon as they agreed, Langaan used magic so that all the 

 jars which the people wanted were already in the balaua. The day 

 came when they agreed to take Lingglwan to Aponibolinayen, and he 

 carried one jar. As soon as they arrived there, they made the rice 

 ceremony." 2 (Extracts from tale of Ginambo and Gonlgonau.) 



"Soon after they started, they met the doldoli (a jar) in the way. 

 'Where are you going, young men,' it said. 'Where are you going,' 

 you ask; we are going to secure the perfume of Bale wan, for though we 

 are still far from it we can smell it now.' The jar replied: 'Ala, young 

 men, you cannot go there, for when anyone goes there, only his name 

 goes back to his town,' {i. e. he dies), but the boy replied: 'We are going 

 anyway. That is the reason we are already far from home, and it is 

 the thing which the pretty maiden desires.' 'If you say that you are 

 going anyway, you will repent when you reach there.' So they left 

 the jar and walked on." (From Bale wan tale.) 



"The food was of thirty different kinds, and they were ashamed 

 to be in the house of Ilwfsan which had in it many valuable jars, for the 

 Alan (spirit) had given them to him." (Aponibolinayen tale.) 



Great prices are offered and sometimes paid for the more renowned 

 jars, and successful war parties are accustomed to return home with 

 numbers of such trophies. 



Every wild tribe, encountered by the writer, in the interior of Luzon, 

 Palawan and Mindanao, possesses these jars which enter intimately 

 into the life of the people (PI. V-VIII). Among many the price paid 

 by the bridegroom for his bride is wholly or in part in jars (PI. IX- 

 X) . When a Tinguian youth is to take his bride, he goes to her house 

 at night, carrying with him a Chinese jar which he presents to his 

 father-in-law, and thereafter he may never address his parents-in-law 

 by name. The liquor served at ceremonies and festivals is sometimes 

 contained in these jars (PI. XI-XVI), while small porcelain dishes 



1 Lesser Spirits. 



2 This is still the custom when the groom finally claims the bride. 



