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and other enemies. When used in hunting, they are kept in leash 

 until the game is started. When released, they follow the quarry at 

 full cry, and if the game has been injured, they will seldom give up the 

 chase. It is necessary for the hunters to follow the dogs closely and 

 beat them off a slain animal, otherwise they will quickly devour it. 

 They are always rewarded with a part of the intestines and some other 

 portions, so that they may be keen for the next hunt. 



Pigs (babuy) run at large throughout the villages or in the neigh- 

 boring underbrush. They are fed at night close to the dwellings, and 

 thus become at least half tame (Plate LXI). Many spend the hot 

 hours of mid-day beneath the houses, from which they are occasionally 

 driven by the irate housewives, when their squealing and fighting 

 become unbearable. The domestic pigs are probably all descended 

 from the wild stock with which they still constantly mix. Most of 

 the young pigs are born with yellow stripes like the young of the wild, 

 but they lose these marks in a short time. Castration of the young 

 males is usually accomplished when the animals are about two months 

 old. 



Considerable numbers of chickens (manok) are raised. Nets or 

 coops are arranged for them beneath the houses, but they run at large 

 during the day time. Eggs are an important part of the food supply, 

 but the fowls themselves are seldom killed or eaten, except in con- 

 nection with the ceremonies. The domestic birds closely resemble the 

 wild fowl of the neighborhood, and probably are descended from 

 them. Except for a few strongly influenced settlements, cock-fighting 

 has no hold upon this people. 



The carabao or water buffalo (nuang) is the most prized and val- 

 uable animal possessed by this tribe. As a rule, it is handled and petted 

 by the children from the time of its birth, and hence its taming and 

 breaking is a matter of little moment. In the mountain region about 

 Lakub, where most of the animals are allowed to run half wild, only 

 the strongest are broken. The animal is driven into a A-shaped pen, 

 and a heavy pole is fastened across its neck just behind the horns. 

 It is thus prevented from using its strength, and is loaded or ridden 

 until it becomes accustomed to the treatment. Carabao are used for 

 drawing the sleds and for ploughing and harrowing in the lower fields. 

 Should one be seriously injured, it would be killed and eaten ; but 

 strong animals are slaughtered only on very rare occasions. Wild 

 carabao are fairly abundant in the mountains. They closely resemble 

 the tame stock, and are generally considered to be derived from animals 

 which have escaped. 



