ve achieved much success in war. Thus they go to
a village of their friends, the three Indians singing all along the
way, keeping time with their oars; they recount their exploits, the
slaves whom they have captured, and the men whom they have killed in
war. The vessel is laden with wine and pitarrillas. When they reach
the village, they exchange invitations with the inhabitants, and
hold a great revel. After this they lay aside their white robes, and
strip the bejuco bands from their arms and necks; the mourning ends,
and they begin to eat rice again, and to adorn themselves with gold.

_Larao of the dead_--_that is, mourning_. One of the observances
which is carried out with most rigor is that called _larao_. This
rule requires that when a chief dies all must mourn him, and must
observe the following restrictions: No one shall quarrel with any
other during the time of mourning, and especially at the time of the
burial. Spears must be carried point downward, and daggers be carried
in the belt with hilt reversed. No gala or colored dress shall be
worn during that time. There must be no singing on board a barangay
when returning to the village, but strict silence is maintained. They
make an enclosure around the house of the dead man; and if anyone,
great or small, passes by and transgresses this bound, he shall be
punished. In order that all men may know of a chief's death and
no one feign ignorance, one of the timaguas who is held in honor
goes through the village and makes announcement of the mourning. He
who transgresses the law must pay the penalty, without fail. If he
who does this wrong be a slave--one of those who serve without the
dwelling--and has not the means to pay, his owner pays for him; but
the latter takes the slave to his own house, that he may serve him,
and makes him an ayoey. They say that these rules were left to them
by Lubluban and Panas. To some, especially to the religious, it has
seemed as if they were too rigorous for these people; but they were
general among chiefs, timaguas, and slaves.

_Wars_. The first man who waged war, according to their story, was
Panas, the son of that Anoranor, who was grandson of the first human
[parents: _crossed out in MS_.] beings. He declared war against
Mangaran, on account of an inheritance; and from that time date the
first wars, because the people were divided into two factions, and
hostility was handed down from father to son. They say that Panas
was the f