her a widow some six years ago. Most
of her support is what she gains by the labor of her own hands, with
the help of three slaves, in whose company she lives in a wretched
house, apart from the crowd of the Chinese, dwelling therein in great
seclusion. Her confessions and communions are frequent, with excellent
results. She practices penance so severely that it has been necessary
to moderate the rigors she inflicts upon herself, in long scourgings
every night, and in fasts throughout the year, four days in every
week; and even on the other two days she seldom eats meat. Prayer is
her one consolation, for which she has much natural aptitude in her
excellent judgment, and supernatural aid in the gifts which the Lord
communicates to her. She is present every day in the church during
the masses, hearing them always upon her knees. Nothing so afflicts
her as to know that God has been offended, especially if by those of
her nation. In short, she has offered herself entirely to our Lord,
and He has plucked her with His own hand as a rose from among so many
thistles and thorns.

Other interesting events, which occurred in Bohol. Chapter LV.

In order to give a more detailed account of what took place at that
time in the island of Bohol, I shall avail myself of two letters from
Fathers Alonso de Umanes and Gabriel Sanchez, who were in that region;
for in my opinion their account is given minutely and with pleasing
and enjoyable simplicity. Both of them, writing to the father-visitor,
give him a detailed account of their labors, as is the custom in our
Society. The superior, Father Alonso de Umanes, writes as follows:
"As soon as we had returned from Sebu in last year, ninety-nine, as
it was the season of Lent we busied ourselves in hearing confessions;
and with remarkable devotion and promptness all this new band of
Christians, without any reward, repaired to the sacraments--even
those coming to us who lived very distant from the village where
we ordinarily reside. The Christians throughout the island came
together for the exercises of Holy Week, and many of those who were
not yet baptized attended the divine services during all that week,
with great devotion, also the feast of Easter, when a goodly number
of them received communion. Having fulfilled our obligations as to
confession, we set out to visit some of the pagan villages, in all
of which we found the people well disposed. Those who most attended
our preaching