[82] Fray Vicente Salazar in his Historia, chapter xxx, pp. 134-138 ("Description of the province of Zambales, and the genius, customs, and ceremonies of its Indians") makes use of this document by Perez, which he greatly condenses. Indeed, it forms his sole authority on the Zambals. In the two following chapters ("Fruit of the preaching of our religious in the changing of the customs of the Zambals;" and "Of some miracles which our Lord worked in this mission and reduction of the Zambals") also he uses considerable of the material of Perez. [83] Carrizal: land which is full of reed-grass. [84] Tapis is a Tagálog word, being the name of a garment worn by women as a skirt. See Noceda and Sanlucar's Vocabulario de la lengua tagala. [85] Iua: a Tagálog word for a weapon resembling a dagger. See ut supra. [86] Wm. A. Reed (Negritos of Zambales, p. 26), commenting on Salazar's description of the Zambals, which is condensed from Perez, says: "Of course it is impossible to tell how much of this is the product of the writer's imagination, or at least of the imagination of those earlier chroniclers from whom he got his information, but it can well be believed that the natives had a religion of their own and that the work of the missionaries was exceedingly difficult." In this connection, it is interesting to note that Perez later vouches for the entire truth of whatever he has written. [87] The original reads: presidiendo las ceremonias Bis. The transcriber of the document for the present editors has added the following note: "The structure and meaning of this word is not well understood." It is the Latin word Bis, meaning "in a twofold manner," indicating that the god Malyari presides over both the feast and the honors to the deceased. [88] Balata is also used by the Tagálogs to signify "abstinence from something in memory of any person." See Noceda and Sanlucar's Vocabulario. [89] The Spanish for "to play at ring" is correr á la sortija. This is an equestrian sport, which is played by taking an iron ring as large as a Segovian ochavo (a small brass coin). This ring is fitted into another piece of iron, from which it can be easily withdrawn. The latter is hung from a cord or pole a few feet from the ground, and the horsemen and others who take part in the game, taking the proper distance, go toward the ring at a run. The one who bears off the ring on his lance is declared the winner. See Dominguez's Diccionario. [90] A word of respect in the Tagálog dialect. [91] Even when I was a missionary to the heathens from 1882 to 1892, I had occasion to observe the said policy, to inform the chief of the fortress of the measures that he ought to take, and to make a false show on the other side so that it might have no influence on the fortress. (Note by Dominican transcriber.)