[157] In speaking of a similar custom in Australia, Eyre (_Central Australia_, i, p. 213), says: "This extraordinary and inexplicable custom must have a great tendency to prevent the rapid increase of the population."--_Stanley_. [Stanley does not translate this paragraph of the text.] [158] It appears that the natives called _anito_ a tutelary genius, either of the family, or extraneous to it. Now, with their new religious ideas, the Tagals apply the term _anito_ to any superstition, false worship, idol, etc.--_Rizal_. [159] Others besides Morga mention oratories in caves, where the idols were kept, and where aromatics were burned in small brasiers. Chirino found small temples in Taitay adjoining the principal houses. [See _Vol_. XII. of this series, chapter xxi.] It appears that temples were never dedicated to _bathala maykapal_, nor was sacrifice ever offered him. The temples dedicated to the _anito_ were called ulango.--_Rizal_. [160] San Agustin says that hell was called _solad_, and paradise, _kalualhatian_ (a name still in existence), and in poetical language, _ulugan_. The blest abodes of the inhabitants of Panay were in the mountain of Madias.--_Rizal_. [161] Cf. the "wake" of the Celtic and Gaelic peasants. Cf. also the North-American Indian burial ceremonies, and reverence paid to the dead, in _Jesuit Relations_, i, p. 215; ii, pp. 21, 149; viii, p. 21; x, pp. 169, 247, 283-285, 293; xiii, 259; xxi, 199; xxiii, 31; lxv, 141; etc. In the Filipino burials, there were mourners who composed panegyrics in honor of the dead, like those made today. "To the sound of this sad music the corpse was washed, and perfumed with storax, gum-resin, or other perfumes made from tree gums, which are found in all these woods. Then the corpse was shrouded, being wrapped in more or less cloth according to the rank of the deceased. The bodies of the more wealthy were anointed and embalmed in the manner of the Hebrews, with aromatic liquors, which preserved them from decay.... The burial-place of the poor was in pits dug in the ground under their own houses. After the bodies of the rich and powerful were kept and bewailed for three days, they were placed in a chest or coffin of incorruptible wood, adorned with rich jewels, and with small sheets of gold in the mouth and over the eyes. The coffin was all in one piece, and the lid was so adjusted that no air could enter. Because of these precautions the bodies have been found after many years, still uncorrupted. These coffins were deposited in one of three places, according to the inclination and arrangement of the deceased, either on top of the house among the treasures ... or underneath it, but raised from the ground; or in the ground itself, in an open hole surrounded with a small railing ... nearby they were wont to place another box filled with the best clothes of the deceased; and at meal-time they set various articles of food there in dishes. Beside