In the old, old days a boat was passing the rocky promontory
of Kágbubátang. [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]
The imitation of frogs is especially forbidden, for it might be
followed not merely by thunderbolts but also by petrifaction of
the offender, and in proof of this is adduced the legend of Angó
of Bináoi. [15]