and so on here and there along the river. Places
near the river are reached by going on balsas [9] and away from
the river the trails are dim and indistinct. I do not know where
I shall end up. I am heading up-stream. It may be that I shall
find myself going west and southwest into the country of the
Ilongotes, who are enemies of the ones I am now with. I have to
go much lighter than what I am now to keep up with the little
black Negrito. He is like a flea; here to-day, there to-morrow,
and ever on the move when food is gone, and at rest, when he
has a supply, long enough to consume it. He is at outs with the
particular people I am with at present.

Kagadyangan, on the Cagayan, Isabela. July, about the 12, 1908. I
am compelled by force of circumstances to continue in this field
for three or four months more; at least that much time must pass
before I can observe a full cycle of the various activities of
these people. Furthermore, the rainy season sets in about September
and it is difficult ascending in this region where the rapids are
numerous and swift.... I have come upon Ilongote habitations in
cliff and rock shelters. Why might their ancestors or those of
others not have lived in such in ages past and left evidences
of an earlier culture? Many Ifugao burials are in sepulchres
on mountain sides and the practise is no doubt very old. Places
like these and those of rock shelters in other lands have given
fruitful results and might they not in these islands? [10] I am
having a pleasant time with these people. They are the wildest of
any people that I have yet come across in Luzon. But like all wild
people, they are cordial and hospitable. I live in their houses
and so have their presence day and night. I hunt, fish and hike
with them, see them on and off their guard, observe them in all
their varying moods--in short, I'm very close to them all the
time. Some time I will tell you a thing or two about them.

Alas, for his intimacy and confidence in them! Alas, that so gifted
and lovable a man should have been lost by their treachery to science
and to his friends!

From the Nueva Vizcaya side considerable progress has been made
in the acquaintance and control of these people. For several years,
Mr. Conner, the superintendent of schools, cultivated their friendship
and gained information that led to h