Ledesma and Martínez; and even the infidels are very friendly to the
new religion. The converts are very devout, and will not countenance
any pagan practices. Certain miraculous cures are recorded. The
practice of flagellation is maintained in the Jesuit church there,
as in other places.

The Filipinos had formerly lived in perpetual warfare between the
petty chiefs and their adherents; those who could remove migrated to
new homes inland, and thus the mountain regions became settled. In
order to reach the natives, the Jesuits at Alangalang bend all
their efforts, which are soon successful, to gathering these
scattered settlements into large villages--mission "reductions"
like those which they had already made so noted in Paraguay and
other lands. Their labors are thus more advantageously conducted,
and many conversions result. At Carigara their church services are
greatly aided by a native choir, who sing in both their own and the
European modes. A letter from Father Enzinas praises the purity of
the converted Indian women. Father Sánchez relates a notable case
in his missionary labors at Barugo. The progress of the church at
Ogmuc is related, with ardent praise for the piety and fervor of the
converts. The infidels are steadily growing more inclined to receive
the faith; and polygamy is being suppressed. A brief mission at Paloc
by Father Rodriguez results in fifty baptisms; and other subsequent
missions there reap a rich harvest of souls. Flagellation is a usual
practice in Lent; nearly all the people have received baptism; and
the converted chiefs offer atonement to all whom they may have wronged.

The record of the Dulac mission shows seven hundred baptisms in one
year; and the details of some conversions are related, especially
that of two deaf-mutes, whose piety is most edifying. During Holy