_Bagobos_, on the foothills of Mount Apo. A peaceful people, disposed to work, and reputed to be human sacrificers. _Manobos_, in the valley of the Agusan River. There are also some on the Gulf of Davao and in the Cottabato district. _Samales_ inhabit the small islands in the Gulf of Davao, but there is quite a large colony of them at Magay, a suburb of Zamboanga, (from the neighbouring islets) under Rajahmudah Datto Mandi. _Subuanos_ occupy the peninsula of the Zamboanga Province. They are docile and lazy, and much prone to stealing. They are far less courageous than the _Samales_, by whom they are overawed. Some physiognomists consider them to be of the same caste as the _Manobos_, the _Guimbanos_ of Sulu, and the _Samecas_ of Basilan. _Tagubans_ live on the north shore of the Gulf of Davao. _Tirurayas_ inhabit the mountains to the west of the Rio Grande. There is a large number of smaller tribes. A few years ago we were all alarmed on Corpus Christi Day, during the solemn procession of that feast in Cottabato, by the sudden attack of a few Mahometans on the crowd of Christians assembled. Of course the former were overwhelmed and killed, as they quite expected to be. They were of that class known as _juramentados_, or sworn Mahometans, who believe that if they make a solemn vow, in a form binding on their consciences, to die taking the blood of a Christian, their souls will immediately migrate to the happy hunting-ground, where they will ever live in bliss, in the presence of the Great Prophet. This is the most dangerous sect of Mahometans, for no exhibition of force can suffice to stay their ravages, and they can only be treated like mad dogs, or like a Malay who has run _amok_. The face of a Mindanao south coast Moro is generally pleasant, but a smile spoils his appearance; the parting lips disclose a filthy aperture with dyed teeth in a mahogany coloured foam of masticated betel-nut. Holes as large as sixpences are in the ears of the women, who, when they have no ear-rings, wear a piece of reed with a vermilion tip. The dress is artistically fantastic, with the _sarong_ and the _jabul_ and no trousers visible. Apparently the large majority (perhaps 70 per cent.) of the Parang-Parang Moros have a loathsome skin disease. Those who live on shore crop their hair, but the swamp, river, and sea people who live afloat let it grow long.