HARVEST FEAST OF THE KIANGAN IFUGAO. 10;; 



to strike, a vein of gold-bearing rock, he quits work, goes liome, aud 

 offers to his gods a feast lasting two or three days. From the time tha!; 

 he returns to work until the vein or pocket is exhausted, he drinks no 

 rice wine, and eats no flesh nor vegetables. He also remains continent. 

 The reason he gives for this practice is that, otherwise, the spirits 

 would get angry, and would cause the gold-bearing rock to diminish 

 rapidly, and soon to fail altogether. Note the parallelism of the customs 

 and the motives tliereof, although the Suyoc man is working his "find" 

 of ore, and the Kiangan man is cutting his rice crop. 



