The sun., 1901-05-26

The most numerous. and after the Tagal.
the most important race in the Philippines.
IL the vsaya, formerly called Pintados. or
painted men. from the blue tattooing which
was practised ~ tho time OF the Spanish
conquest To this race belong tho mass OF
the inhabitants Of the six considerable islands
called visayas. and lying between Luzon
and Mndanao This people have language
Of their own, whereof there are several dis-
lects In appearance the visayas differ
somewhat from the Tagals. exhibiting 9
greater resemblance TO the Malays OF Bornso
and Malacca The men wear their hair
longer than the Tagals. and the women wear
q pdtddium. instead Of a sdvd and tapis.
The palladium is piece OF cloth a yard wide
and over two yards long, the ends OF which
are sewn together The wcarer steps into 10
and wraps II around the figure from tho waist
downward, doubling it over on the front
into wide fold. and tucking 10 securely at
the waist The sdpd. on the other hand. 10
made skirt. tied at the waist with q tape.
and the tapis is a breadth Of dark cloth. silk
or satin. doubled around the waist over ths
sava Mr. Sawyer says that in disposition
the Visayas are less sociable and hospitabls
than the Tagas they are also less clean in
their food IL rice, with which they often mix
uoi1o They are expert fishermen and con-
sume large quantities OF fish. They flavor
their food with red pepper 20 greater e1-
tent than do the Tagals In snoking and
chewing betel they resemble the other races
of the archipelago, They are great gam
biers. and lake. delight in cock nshtins.
They are fond Of hunting and kill numbers
of the deer into thin strips and dry 1t In the
sun. artcr which it will keep long time
Thoy build canoes nnd other light oratt, and
they are very self-conndent on the water,
MIR sawyer tells us that old Spanish writers
accused the visaya women OF great senspallty
and unbounded immortality and gave detsls
unsuitable for publication. The customs.
however here referred 10 have been long
obsolete among tho Nisayss, although they
stil exist among some OF the wilder tribes
in Borneo The Visaya women are very
prolific, many having borne a dozen children.
but infant mortality IA high and they rear
hut few Of them The men are less so Der than
the lagal4. they Manufacture and consume
large quantities Of strong drink. They are
not fond Of the Tagals. ana Nisaya Iegi-
If ordered In fact the two races or peoples
look upon each other as foreigners. When
discovered by the Spaniards tho Nisayas
we're already 20 great extent civilized
They we're then organized in a feudHl system.
They had harmed much from Arab and Bor-
mean Adventures, especially from the former
who brought with them tho doctrines 4
Islam some converts 10 Islam had already
hrrn mnde At or soon after the spanish
conquest the Ni~ayaS were converted 10
Christianity They have thus heen Chris
tlaus for over three centuries, ana In con-
tinual war with the MOhnmmcdan pirates
Of Mindanlo and Sulu and with the Sea y 80
Onr author sums up the results Of hi- ot-
gpryaiiun- IN the remark that the Laval
arn "A promising race, and feel sure ihH'.
vn.u they hayc good government that WA
,pf pvfurt too heavy taxes from them, nor
aIlpW the nptIv" and hali-Ca-tc usurer- -
cat them up their agriculture and Industries
will ,urUri-iugly increase" AiT SAWYER
add, hat II BE- - tho Nudyas that the A'u'-,-
cnu Go,rrulout must look 10 p.uN.dr
militia thut viii first hold ia CnoCk. ulI ..-
tuwatriv sublugatc, the pirHtlcul Nor.' =
MudauHo AID Paragua. The tR''A
qualities Of this race, developed toy Ceu'.t.",
Of combat IN defence Of hearth, ana huGrr,
against MOhammedan aggreNsots, VIII ut
found cutie adequate, II they are woI-arU"l
md led 20 uun,hilate the Moro power wI'hn
very few years
We have here directed attention only %
what Mr. sawyer has to tell u- ahuNt '.'
laEul- and \i-Hya~, who uuduuht"d.N ...-
.t.tulo tn' most importnui factors 800 '.'
mixed population uf the Philippine, j
information regarding the Other races =
th" nronpehgo, luclndlng, pnr'oH.rrl', 80
P1mpurgu~ OF luIou. whu dlr uulu. .lrH'''','
civilized, the lgorroteS Of the sam" ..1h.,
vho Hr" uborIglGeS and pagan, ana it'
Moro-, or NohHmmodan Ma,Hy~ of N'udat'b
"" must refer tho reader ~ the book .''LI.
which, indeed, throws light upon cy.fY
the island. Al ". u