VENTURELLO] MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF TAGBANUAS 517 
is not only harsh but even appears to cause confusion among the 
Tagbanuas themselves who speak this dialect, as will be observed 
in the following example: 
oe] eo ed as 
© age Sy ee eae ae 
ee 
POt~t2zcec e- ea ese ae 
ca ie Sete Si tare id es 
Cez - pc aa ie Zr a 2 D-< 
iS am ioe eteem a2? seee _ 
oO St. ‘— 7 -— Sa eo feed 
oe PN Se 
Be ee a 
We see from the above example that the letter “i” very frequently 
is substituted for “r.” In my opinion it is very necessary to know 
the language of this tribe in order to understand the alphabet. We 
need not give further illustrations, for these are sufficient. We will 
now speak of the manners and customs of the people. 
The continual contact of this tribe with the Moros of the south 
during a period of many years has caused them to clothe themselves 
in a manner similar to the Moros. The women, however, do not 
wear the trousers as the Moro women do, but they wear the 
patadiong of the Christians of the north of the island. 
