who was wont to take the discipline in our house,
became through that excellent practice so accustomed to his prayers
and scourgings that, while marching on an expedition with a company
of soldiers, he left the camp at night in order to practice his
discipline. One night, while the captain of infantry was going the
rounds, he saw this man leave the camp, and followed him, believing him
to be some soldier who was going out with some evil purpose. He saw
the man go to a church cemetery, where, after offering his prayers,
he began to scourge himself severely. When his penance was ended,
the captain approached him, and recognizing him as an Indian, was
even more edified than before. Asked whence he came, the Indian
replied that he belonged to one of the suburbs of Manila, and that
he made his confessions to the fathers of the Society. The captain,
impressed by this new converts solicitude for his soul, gave him
some money and sent him home, saying: "Take this and do not corrupt
thyself among soldiers."

The number of Christians in the mission of Taitai, and their
exercises. Chapter LXVIII.

Of those who were Christians in the year 1600--who might number six
or seven thousand--in San Juan del Monte and other villages of that
mission, one thousand five hundred were newly baptized in that same
year, among the many infidels who were continually coming down to us
from the mountains and thinly settled districts. Our observation and
experience among those people show, of late, greater devotion and more
frequent attendance at the holy sacraments of confession and communion,
and in processions, discipline, and works of charity; and every day
may be observed constant progress and reformation in their lives.

The father-visitor founded a hospital in Antipolo, which has been
most important to the welfare of their souls and bodies. On the day
when it was opened, after a solemn mass and sermon (which was drawn
from the story of the paralytic), the father-visitor rendered service
to the poor, washing and kissing their hands while he knelt before
them. In this he was assisted by the chiefs, whose wives performed, in
a separate place, the same act of humility toward some sick women. A
rule was made that the poor should be fed each day by four brethren
of the Confraternity, who aid them with much charity and pleasure.

The father-visitor also began a seminary for boys, where they are
reared in virtue and good habits, obeying the ru