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the mountains into Lepanto or Benguet and returned after four 

 years with the jars in question. Hundreds of myths and legends 

 of this type are current among the Ifugaos. 



No representative collection of Philippine myths has yet been 

 made, and the present paper can only be considered a beginning. 

 I hope to be able to continue the work. 



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