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valley to the south of Cadadalman, Init the majority are at Malatubat, a 

 comparatively large valley which opens out on the other side of a rocky 

 point, north of Cadadalman. 



The extinct volcano, known to the natives as Dakelabalai, rises at the 

 extreme southeastern point of Camiguin. There are several places with 

 an area of from 10 to 20 hectares on the southwestern slope of this moun- 

 tain where there is no vegetation and where there are many openings in 

 the ground which emit sulphurous fumes. On these bare places and on 

 grassy spots just beyond them are numerous artificial heaps of stones. 

 Captain Mitchell, of the Signal Corps of the United States Army, was 

 on Camiguin in the latter part "of 1909. He was much interested in 

 these stone piles and opened two or three of them. In the center of each 

 he found a large earthenware jar. 



My visit to Camiguin was for the purpose of discovering some clue to 

 the people who buried these jars. The stone piles were found to be' from 

 1-J to 3 meters in diameter and were made up of stones ranging in size 

 from a few centimeters to 50 centimeters in diameter. The mounds 

 rose from 50 to 80 centimeters above the general surface of the ground. 



The stones in some cases covered a mound of loose, brown earth mixed 

 with loose stones, in others, a mixture of sulphur and clay, either m the 

 form of a powder, or consolidated into rock, probably by the deposition of 

 sulphur. In the center of each was an earthenware jar. The greater 

 number of these jars were broken, usually so badly that they could not 

 be taken out. The earth in which many of them were embedded waS 

 moist and the jars, which appeared to have been poorly baked, were in 

 consequence easily destroyed. They hardened on drying in the air. 

 Those which were embedded in the hardened sulphurous mass in some 

 cases were broken, in others they could not be removed without breaking, 

 while in a few instances it was possible to get them out. A few jars had 

 an inner coating of very delicate crystals of sulphur. 



The vessels varied in size from 20 to 60 centimeters in diameter, and 

 in height from 20 to 80 centimeters. Sonie of them had mouths but 

 little nari'ower than the greatest width of the jar, while others had small 

 openings, not more than 15 centimeters in diameter. All had originally 

 a icover of some kind over the opening, either an inverted jar or a true 

 cover. Only in the case of one small vessel did I fhid the cover unbroken, 

 so that I could determine its form. This cover was of ahnost the same 

 shape as the jar below. The fragments which I found led me to infer that 

 some of the covers had extended about halfway down the side of the body 

 of the jar, being in reality inverted jars ; others seemed to have covered 

 the opening of the vessel and to have extended but a short distance beyond 

 the edges. 



- There can be no doubt that these jars were used for containing the 

 bones of the dead. The merest fragments of bones were found in two 



