They call the reed-grass tigbao, and, by derivation, the lands which bear this grass are called Tigbauan; and because the site of this village is close to a great expanse of reedy land on the bank of a beautiful stream, it bears the above name.  The village itself was on the same shore, at the mouth of the river—­which, as well as the sea, yields various kinds of fish, excellent and plentiful, which I myself have enjoyed in abundance.  As they were continually fishing on the beach, usually with three or four nets, they never made a haul without devoutly regaling us with a part of it.  Tigbauan has a very beautiful district, with many villages extending more than six leguas along the coast of the sea; the entire district is well supplied with game, fruits, and vegetables, and fish from the sea.  The people are very industrious; consequently I always saw them occupied—­the men, with their fisheries and farming; the women, with their spinning and weaving.  What we accomplished in the two years spent among a people so good and well-disposed towards the Gospel could be told in less time than what we left undone; for, since we of the Society of Jesus were then so few, and had little hope of increasing our number, we did not dare to undertake more than we thought could probably be maintained; and in this we were not mistaken, for at the present day, when at least a dozen ministers are needed, there is actually but one secular priest.  For that reason we did not dare to baptize adults or children, except in cases of extreme danger, outside of the chief village (which is Tigbauan) and two or three other outlying hamlets, distant two miles or less.

Nevertheless we preached the faith throughout that vicinity in the Haraya language, and even translated into the same tongue and taught the Christian doctrine and the catechism, which formerly they knew only in the Bissaya, a language different from the one they speak. [61] Many churches were erected, and some who had been baptized were confirmed in the faith.  Some improper relations were dissolved and converted into Christian matrimony.  In Tigbauan and its villages, besides the baptism of many children and adults, there were introduced the holy sacraments of confession, communion, and extreme unction, the last of which they neither knew nor had ever heard of.  Church-feasts were celebrated with vespers and solemn masses, particularly at Easter and in Holy Week.  A large school was formed, containing the children of all that region, where they learned to read, write, play musical instruments, and sing; two children from this school were sent every week to each one of the churches in the district, to take care of it and to assemble each afternoon the people of the village to repeat the doctrine in front of the church, as was done in Tigbauan.  Here occurred an event regarding a boy, which gave me great satisfaction.  An infidel chief living in a village called Taroc, a legua from Tigbauan, had a little son who was a