adfruit tree, which is known to the Tagalogs as
"antipolo"; hence her name. Hers is the best known and most frequented
shrine in the country, while she disputes with the Holy Child of Cebu
the glory of being the wealthiest individual in the whole archipelago.

There has always existed a pious rivalry between her and the
Dominicans' Lady of the Rosary as to which is the patron saint of the
Philippines, the contest being at times complicated by counterclaims
on the part of St. Francis, although the entire question would seem
to have been definitely settled by a royal decree, published about
1650, officially conferring that honorable post upon St. Michael the
Archangel (San Miguel). A rather irreverent sketch of this celebrated
queen of the skies appears in Chapter XI of Foreman's _The Philippine
Islands_.--TR.

[33] Santa Cruz, Paco, and Ermita are districts of Manila, outside
the Walled City.--TR.

[34] John xviii. 10.

[35] A town in Laguna Province, noted for the manufacture of
furniture.--TR.

[36] God grant that this prophecy may soon be fulfilled for the author
of the booklet and all of us who believe it. Amen.--_Author's note_.

[37] "Blessed are the poor in spirit" and "blessed are the
possessors."--TR.

[38] The annual celebration of the Dominican Order held in October in
honor of its patroness, the Virgin of the Rosary, to whose intervention
was ascribed the victory over a Dutch fleet in 1646, whence the
name. See _Guia Oficial de Filipinas_, 1885, pp. 138, 139; Montero
y Vidal, _Historia General de Filipinas_, Vol. I, Chap. XXIII; Blair
and Robertson, _The Philippine Islands_, Vol. XXXV, pp. 249, 250.--TR.

[39] Members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, whose chief
business is preaching and teaching. They entered the Philippines
in 1862.--TR.

[40] "Kaysaysay: A celebrated sanctuary in the island of Luzon,
province of Batangas, jurisdiction, of Taal, so called because there
is venerated in it a Virgin who bears that name ....

"The image is in the center of the high altar, where there is seen an
eagle in half-relief, whose abdomen is left open in order to afford a
tabernacle for the Virgin: an idea enchanting to many of the Spaniards
established in the Philippines during the last century, but which in
our opinion any sensible person will characterize as extravagant.

"This image of the Virgin of Kaysaysay enjoys the fame of being very
miraculous, so that the Indians gather from great distance