Note 12 — Origin of the Earth and its Inhabitants

In the old, old days a boat was passing the rocky promontory of Kágbubátan͠g.12 The occupants espied a monkey and a cat fighting upon the summit of the cliff. The incongruity of the thing suggested itself to them, and they began to give vent to derisive remarks, addressing themselves to the brute combatants, when, lo and behold! they and their craft were turned into rock. To this day the petrified craft and crew may be seen placed upon the promontory, and all who pass must make an offering,13 howsoever small it be, to their vexed souls. To pass the point without making an offering might arouse the anger of its petrified inhabitants, and render the traveler liable to bad weather and rough seas.14