[7] The ease with which false accusations could be manufactured, as Rizal showed afterward in his novels, was a valid asset in Spanish supremacy. [↑]
[8] Rizal, in his “Boyhood Story,” merely says her innocence was shown and she was released. It was Dr. Craig that, investigating the facts on the spot, came upon the incident of the dance and the pardon. At the time Rizal could hardly have published it. [↑]
[9] Retana, p. 15; Craig, Chap. II. [↑]
[10] Rizal, “Childhood Impressions,” p. 1. [↑]
[11] About seven thousand in all, including rocks and reefs. [↑]
[12] In “El Progreso Material,” “The National Forum,” July, 1922. [↑]
[13] To be discussed in a later chapter. [↑]
[14] Craig and Benitez, “[Philippine Progress Prior to 1898].” [↑]
[15] Dominicans, Franciscans, Augustinians, and the Recollect Fathers. Compare Barrows, “[History of the Philippines],” p. 121. [↑]