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ejaculation made use of by Bagobo, either to draw forth a tale 

 from a story-teller, or to stimulate an oracle. 



The first manganito at which I was present during my stay in 

 Talun occurred on the night of August 1. Miyanda, as usual, was 

 the leader, prompting, encouraging, suggesting or assenting to the 

 messages of the gods. A favorite answer of hers was u Katig" ( We 

 know that; that's so) given in a tone of genial assent. The chanting 

 of Singan was, for the most part, on two notes, one interval apart 

 (DDCC), uttered with a uniform quantity, but occasionally this 

 intoning was varied by a melodious tune on four notes. 



When the two leaf-wrapped rosin torches, wedged in the notched 

 ends of crooked branches, had been extinguished, the Malaki 

 t'Olu k'Waig was the first of the anito to speak through Singan's 

 mouth. He said: "When the thunder-claps are hoard, that is the 

 Malaki t'Olu k'Waig calling out in loud voice; and when the rain 

 falls the Malaki's little sister is crying, and her tears drop down 

 in showers." 



After this, the Malaki instructed Miyanda in a method of cure 

 for her son-in-law. Malik, who had been attacked by the "Sickness 

 that goes round the world." The remedy consisted in the offering 

 of betel, and in the observance el' a certain tabu. Miyanda was 

 told to cut one areca-nut into two times nine pieces, and likewise 

 to cut eiie betel leal' into two times nine pieces, and having laid 

 the areca on the betel to place it in the way where people walk. 

 Moreover, Malik was forbidden to enter any other house for three 

 nights, and forbidden to eat any betel. Alter the third night, Malik 

 was to cut two limes eight sections of the twisted fiber called tikus^ 

 or else to carve a little wooden figure in form of a man and lay 

 it in the path leading toward the trail to the coast. This method, 

 the Malaki said, would cure Malik's sickness. 



Up to this point, the priestess had conveyed the utterances of 

 the god with quiet gravity, her speech or her song being inter- 

 rupted only when there broke from her a gasp. ;i soli, a shout, or 

 a chant on a higher key. Now, however, she began to give little 

 shrill laughs "lie! he!" The anito of the "Sickness that goes 



round the world" had entered into the priestess, and was deriding 

 the Bagobo. This anito is a female and she said : "I am the sick- 

 ness of Malik; I am traveling round the world to make the people 

 sick, and it is I that gives them chills and COUghs." This speech 



was followed liv a taunting laugh - "llu! hu! hu!" and "Ha! ha! 



