CUSTOMS OF THE TAGALOGS

bich would infuse the heart with love. Thus did they

deceive be people, although sometimes, through the

intervention of the devil, they gained their ends.

The tenth was known as sonat, which is equivalent

to preacher.” It was his office to help one die, at

which time he

dicted the salvation or condemnation of the soul. It

was not jawful for the function of this office to be

fulfilled by others than people of high standing, on

account of the esteem in which it was held. This

office was general throughout the islands.

The eleventh, pangatahojan, was a soothsayer, and

predicted the future. This office was general in the

islands.

The twelfth, bayoguin, signified a “cotquean," a man

whose nature inclined toward that of a woman.