CHAPTER XXVII.
The c**k Fight.
In order to keep the Sabbath holy in the Philippines the people generally go to the c**k fight, just as in Spain they go to the bull fight. c**k fighting, a passion introduced into the country and exploited for a century, is one of the vices of the people, more deeply rooted than the opium vice among the Chinese. The poor go there to risk what little they have, desirous of making money without working; the rich go there to amuse themselves, using the money which they have left over from their feasts and thanksgiving masses. The c**k is educated with great care, with more care, perhaps, than the son who is to succeed his father in the c**k-pit. The Government permits it and almost recommends it, for it decrees that the fight shall only be held in the public
