"There are not, as a rule, many thefts among the Bagobo, for they believe that a thief can be discovered easily by means of their famous _bongat_. That consists of two small joints of bamboo, which contain certain mysterious powders. He who has been robbed and wishes to determine the robber takes a hen's egg, makes a hole in it, puts a pinch of the above said powder in it, and leaves it in the fire. If he wishes the robber to die he has nothing else to do than to break the egg; but since the thief may sometimes be a relative or a beloved person, the egg is not usually broken, so that there may be or may be able to be a remedy. For under all circumstances, when this operation is performed, if the robber lives, wherever he may be, he himself must inform on himself by crying out, 'I am the thief; I am the thief,' as he is compelled to do (they say) by the sharp pain which he feels all through his body. When he is discovered, he may be cured by putting powder from the other joint into the water and bathing his body with it. This practice is very common here among the heathens and Moros. A Bagobo, named Anas, who was converted, gave me the _bongat_ with which he had frightened many people when a heathen." In Bansalan crab shells are hung over the doors of houses, for these shells are distasteful to the _buso_ who will thus be kept at a distance. I was frequently told of persons who could foretell the future by means of palmistry, but was never able to see a palmist at work, or to verify the information. MUSIC, DANCES AND CEREMONIES.