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Show J EvilSpiriime&Ol V Punta FlechE.pJSoJvralif' northeast coast of Palawan, Philip-, pines, lias become a well-liffQIiliB'J mark- to Yankee skippers voyaging to minor ports of tl)e,f hilippines to pick up cargoes 0jfiH63,(3'CFlts i'?' into copra to be shipped po vegetal" oil mills, and Mnjlnfhempf ad other fibers for the cdAWuJinlliity. Aqr interesting superstition of Filipino sailors attaches to the name Painta Fleclias, which means in Engfism Arrow Ar-row point. The granite cliff figures In Philippine mythology as the dread abode of an ogre of the sea who could conjure winds and typhoons to trouble the water, of Dumaran channel and wreck the little navies of those who refused to pay him homage. He demanded de-manded prowess In his worshipers, and the way to appease his wrath was to sail close under the cliff and launch arrows Into It. Shots falling short were an evil omen if they are not yet. . |