BURIAIv OF AN IFUGAO WHO HAS IvOST HIS HEAD 



To lose one's head is considered a terrible family disgrace, so that the burial of the offender 

 is a most unceremonious affair (see page 



fed in stone or wooden troughs. Most 

 of the house refuse goes into the hog- 

 pens, and, with the accumulated manure, 

 is ultimately carried out to fertilize the 

 rice fields. 



Not a few wealthy Igorots own cara- 

 baos in considerable numbers. They 

 never use them for draft animals, but 

 allow them to run half wild until they 

 are wanted for food on ceremonial occa- 

 sions. Chickens are also eaten only in 

 connection with rehgious or semi-reli- 

 gious ceremonies. 



Like the Ifugaos, the Bontoc Igorots 

 are fairly capable, hard-working agricul- 



turists. They make the bare mountain 

 sides yield them a reasonably abundant 

 supply of vegetable food, building won- 

 derful systems of irrigated rice terraces 

 in places where water is to be had, and 

 planting yams where water is not avail- 

 able. They also grow limited quantities 

 of millet, beans, and corn. 



A SAVAGE BUREAU OE FORESTRY 



Curiously enough, the Bontoc Igorots 

 have forest laws and a forest service of 

 their own. The mountain sides of their 

 rough country are sparsely timbered with 

 pine, which has grown very scarce near 



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