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Odan said to him, "You, truly, are a brave man, that was why you came 

 to my town. Try and throw your spear at me, for if you can hit me it is 

 all right, for I have killed many people." Aponltolau threw his spear at 

 his side, and it went clear through his body and To-odan laid down. 

 Aponltolau cut off his head. 



Not long after Aponltolau went back home and Don Carlos of Kabai- 

 ganan (Vigan) * was anxious to go and see Aponibolinayen. So he com- 

 manded his spirit companions to be ready to go with him to Kadalaya- 

 pan. As soon as they were ready he said to them, "You go first, my 

 companions, we are going to the town of Aponibolinayen, for I have 

 heard that she is a pretty woman, and I wish to see her." Not long after 

 they arrived at the river, and they got on to the raft. Soon they arrived 

 at the well of Kadalayapan and Indiapan was dipping water from the 

 well, and Don Carlos spoke to her. "Is this the well of Aponibolinayen?" 

 Indiapan said, "Yes." "Will you go and tell her to come here and see 

 what I have to sell?" Indiapan went up to the town and said "Aponi- 

 bolinayen, Don Carlos wants you to see what he has to sell." "I don't 

 wish to go and see what he has to sell." So Indiapan went back to the 

 well and said to Don Carlos "Aponibolinayen does not wish to come, and 

 she does not wish to buy what you have to sell." So he pondered what 

 he should do. " The best thing for me to do is to go to their house to get 

 a drink." So he went up to the town and said, "Good morning, Aponi- 

 bolinayen, will you give me some water to drink? For a long time I have 

 wished to drink your water." Aponibolinayen answered, "Why did 

 you come from the well? Why did you not drink while you were there?" 

 "I did not drink there, for I wished to drink of your water." Aponi- 

 bolinayen did not give him any for she was afraid ; then Don Carlos used 

 magic so that she dropped her needle. The needle dropped and she said 

 to him, "Will you hand the needle which I dropped to me, Don Carlos." 

 So Don Carlos picked up the needle and he put a love charm on it, and 

 he gave it to her. 2 Not long after Don Carlos wanted to go back home, 

 but Aponibolinayen would not let him go, and she said, "Come up in 

 the house." So he went up into the house. 



Not long after Aponltolau shouted near to the town and he did not 

 hear Aponibolinayen answer. As soon as he reached the gate of the town 

 he shouted again, and she did not answer, for Don Carlos was with her. 

 Not long after Don Carlos went home and Aponibolinayen saw his belt 



1 Don Carlos was evidently an Ilocano, for his language is Ilocano and his res- 

 idence Vigan. Other points indicate that the story has many recent additions. 



1 The use of love charms is not confined to the Tinguian and their Ilocano neigh- 

 bors, but is known also by the tribes of the Malay Peninsula. See Reyes, Folklore, 

 Filipino, p. 50, (Manila, 1889); Skeat and Blagden, Pagan Races of the~MaTay 

 Peninsula, Vol. II, pp. 232, 262. (London, 1906.) 



