another tries, and so on until someone succeeds. The two portions are then released from the tree and cast into a shallow grave near by. Before the body is covered with earth any person who wishes may cut off a portion of the flesh or hair and carry it to the grave of some relative whom he may have reason to believe is being troubled by evil spirits. In such a case the evil spirit will be content to eat of the slave, and cease disturbing the other body. Returning to the house of the _datu_, the people continue the dancing and merry-making throughout another night. [51] This is the constellation Orion which appears early in December. [52] We have already seen that this offering sometimes occurs during the _GinEm_ ceremony. The following accounts are extracts from the official correspondence forwarded by the Governor of Davao to the Governor of the Moro Province: "I have the honor to submit herewith a full report of an investigation made by myself and the Senior Inspector of Constabulary of Davao, regarding a human sacrifice made by the Bagobos at Talun near Digos on Dec. 9th, 1907. "We left Davao on the morning of the 27th of December and arrived at Digos in the afternoon of the same day. An order was immediately sent out to the Bagobos of Talun to come down to Digos to meet us. "On the morning of the 30th, the entire population of Talun--men, women and children, to the number of almost one hundred and fifty--arrived at Digos. They were informed that it was reported that a human sacrifice had been made at their town and that the authorities desired to know if this was so. "Datto[sic] Ansig replied that it was true that a sacrifice had been held as stated and that both he and his people were ready to tell all about it as to the best of their belief they had committed no crime, but only followed out a religious custom practiced by themselves and their ancestors from time immemorial. "From the statements made by Ansig and his followers, it appears as follows: