e madwoman and asked
for her. But this time no beautiful and unprotected maiden appeared,
nor would the abbess permit a visit to the cloister, forbidding it
in the name of Religion and the Holy Statutes. Nothing more was said
of the affair, nor of the ill-starred Maria Clara.

GLOSSARY

_aba_: A Tagalog exclamation of wonder, surprise, etc., often used
to introduce or emphasize a contradictory statement.

_abaka_: "Manila hemp," the fiber of a plant of the banana family.

_achara_: Pickles made from the tender shoots of bamboo, green
papayas, etc.

_alcalde_: Governor of a province or district with both executive
and judicial authority.

_alferez_: Junior officer of the Civil Guard, ranking next below
a lieutenant.

_alibambang_: A leguminous plant whose acid leaves are used in cooking.

_alpay_: A variety of nephelium, similar but inferior to the Chinese
lichi.

_among_: Term used by the natives in addressing a priest, especially
a friar: from the Spanish _amo_, master.

_amores-secos_: "Barren loves," a low-growing weed whose small,
angular pods adhere to clothing.

_andas_: A platform with handles, on which an image is borne in
a procession.

_asuang_: A malignant devil reputed to feed upon human flesh, being
especially fond of new-born babes.

_ate_: The sweet-sop.

_Audiencia_: The administrative council and supreme court of the
Spanish regime.

_Ayuntamiento_: A city corporation or council, and by extension
the building in which it has its offices; specifically, in Manila,
the capitol.

_azotea_: The flat roof of a house or any similar platform;
a roof-garden.

_babaye_: Woman (the general Malay term).

_baguio_: The local name for the typhoon or hurricane.

_bailuhan_: Native dance and feast: from the Spanish _baile_.

_balete_: The Philippine banyan, a tree sacred in Malay folk-lore.

_banka_: A dugout canoe with bamboo supports or outriggers.

_Bilibid_: The general penitentiary at Manila.

_buyo_: The masticatory prepared by wrapping a piece of areca-nut
with a little shell-lime in a betel-leaf: the _pan_ of British India.

_cabeza de barangay_: Headman and tax collector for a group of about
fifty families, for whose "tribute" he was personally responsible.

_calle_: Street.

_camisa_: 1. A loose, collarless shirt of transparent material worn
by men outside the trousers.

2. A thin, transparent waist with flowing sleeves, worn by women.

_camote_: A variety of s