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which caused the man thus afflicted to be more hideous than Dante’s 
Demon, these sores disappeared without the use of medicine. The 
scars,remained. Those who have this disease can easily be recog- 
nized by the black scars about the mouth which very frequently 
have caused the natural size to become smaller. The joints of the 
fingers and knees remain swollen and the limbs weak. 
The diseases which cause horror and fear are the measles and 
small-pox. Whenever these contagious diseases invade their homes 
they flee to the mountains, each family or barangay living by itself. 
Neither will they return until the epidemic has completely disap- 
peared. It would be very dangerous for any person to encounter 
them during this period of roving. During this time they com- 
municate with no one neither do they any kind of work but hunt 
wild animals, fruits and bees for their daily food. . This tribe can 
suffer hunger for a long time. In time of scarcity they are accus- 
tomed to go without food for a day or more and consequently they 
are very ‘thin and weak. On the other hand, during the harvest 
they eat day and night, resting but for a short interval. They 
always have on hand a large quantity of boiled rice prepared by the 
women and they eat whenever hunger demands. To prepare the 
soil for the planting of rice and to cut the large trees is the work 
of the men. The women sow and gather the harvest, hull the rice 
and do all the work pertaining to the house. 
Although the Batacs of the west at Caruray do not dance, those 
of the east dance the sarunkay, a very slow movement executed by 
a man to the sound of the sabagan, the agun, babandel and guimbal. 
The agun is a piece of soft wood with the bark taken off. It is ten 
feet in length, more or less, and twenty-five or thirty centimeters 
in circumference. This wood known as li-it hangs in any part 
of the house, being held by cords fastened at both ends. The 
instrument is played by a woman by means of small pieces of wood 
shaped like drumsticks. Their other dances are the same as those 
of the Apurahuanos. The women do not take part in any of these 
dances, it is their part to play the instruments. At the feast of 
sangbay men and women dance. 
The Batacs of the mountains recognize the same gods as the 
Apurahuanos. It is the duty of Diwata to provide for men and to 
reward them according to their good deeds. Angogro dwells in 
Basad, at the entrance of which is an iron bar and which the souls 
must pass. Whether a soul is destined to die or not is known by 
the ascending or descending of the bar known as “ bari-bari.’””, When 
