The return of the head-hunters to their village with their ghastly trophies is celebrated by prolonged and frantic orgies--feasting and drinking, singing war-songs, music and dancing. In fact, their rejoicings only differ in degree and intensity from those customary in Christian nations to celebrate the slaughter of their enemies. So fond are the Guinanes of getting heads, that when not at war with other tribes they fight amongst themselves. They are much like the Igorrotes, and, like them, are settled in towns and villages. They practise agriculture, and are excellent smiths, and forge specially good knives, which are much esteemed by the Busaos, and find a ready sale amongst them. Little is known of their manners and customs, or of their numbers, since few travellers care to run the risk of having their skulls added to the collection of some connoisseur. I cannot suggest any use this tribe could be to the United States, for I do not think the most enthusiastic or devoted missionary would hanker after being appointed to convert them, and even if such an one could be found, the probability of his success would be very small. CHAPTER XXIX Caláuas, or Itaves (21). A small tribe, living in a strip of country stretching across the great loop formed by the Rio Chico de Cagayan just before it enters the Rio Grande. They are peaceful and industrious cultivators, and grow rice and excellent tobacco. In former days, when the State monopoly was in force, they used to smuggle this, and were attacked, and their plantations laid waste in consequence. But now they are able to trade freely, and must have become prosperous. Very little is known about them. The word Caláuas is also spelt Calaguas. Camuangas and Bayabonanes (22). These people live in the southern part of the province of Cagayan, say about 17° 30' north latitude. On the north they have the Caláuas, or Calaguas, and on the south the Dadayags. D'Almonte's map shows no hamlets in their territory, and the nearest visita is Gamuasan. Nothing is known about them, and Blumentritt considers it not improbable that they are a branch of the Dadayags. Dadayags (23). A small tribe living in the north-west comer of Isabela, not far from the left bank of the Rio Grande. Nabayuganes (24). These people, who have a language of their own, live in two long valleys extending from the Cordillera Central towards the east. According to D'Almonte's map, these parallel valleys lead down to the town of Malaneg, and in each of them there is a river. That in the northern valley is called the River Nabbuangan, and that in the southern valley the River Nabbuanguan. They join before reaching Malaneg, forming the River Nagalat, a tributary of the Rio Chico de Cagayan. Nothing is known of their religion or nature. On the north-east of the Nabayuganes live the Aripas. Aripas (25).