they were very thorough in their pillaging, the British

[cris]

Thursday 20 Mar 2003 Father Gallende was a kindly, old Italian priest who could speak fluent Tagalog and thickly accented English. He was the pastor of San Agustin Church, the oldest church in Manila, and one of the few buildings that survived the Japanese occupation in WWII. He's also in my aunt's book club, so when I decided that I wanted to

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[chaizzilla]

dig up a white man & go to jail
dig up an indian & get a phd

[rojagato]

the little raised step in front of a door, meant to keep Chinese spirits from entering a building.

When I first read this, I thought I knew what it meant, and just read past it. He did mean "spirits of ill intent of Chinese origin", not to keep Chinese spirits in general out (either for their own or for the Catholics' protection?

There are places in Morocco, the centers of large complexes, even in the large cities, that remained undiscovered until the French got better at (and interested in) aerial surveys, and by then, they were embroiled in the Great War, and the maps were only of interest militarily, then, well, they had a lot more to worry about than a few hidden gardens in Fez and Marrakesh.

I reread your piece on the British Museum. I've never been there.

[synwave]

Great torturers the Catholics... that just came to mind reading the Priests generalizations of a huge group.