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Leaves of the berjut ! (a kind of creeper). 

 Leaves of the chapa ! (Blumea balsamifera). 

 Stop (?) altogether! {asut means dry). 



(iv) For the same purpose * 



Lors pateh-ge ! 



Go back there ! (The Malay, Balik ka' sana). 



After repeating this the face is turned towards the 

 direction from which the storm comes, the right hand is put 

 in front of the mouth, trumpet fashion, and blown through 

 " Puah," the hand, almost at the same moment, being sharply 

 moved away from the mouth in a horizontal direction for a 

 couple of feet and the fingers opened. This may also be done 

 after repeating any other of the charms. 



(v) To be used when thunder is heard coming up in the 

 distance. 



Garoh, Garoh, Garoh ! (supposed to represent the 



sound of thunder). 

 Sa'hari ini kamaru! 

 Sa'hari esok pek jadi ! 



Which means 



Let the weather be hot to-day 

 and don't let it rain to-morrow. 



(Literally — To-day hot weather. To-morrow don't 

 let it become (rainy). 



This charm is of course almost entirely in the Malay 

 language, the only Sakai word being pek. A somewhat 

 different version was given as well and I reproduce it here 

 though I could not get its full meaning. 



(vi) Garoh, Garbh, Garoh. 



Makoh menrit pek jadi. 



{Makoh was said to mean pregnant). 



(vii) Used when the sound of coming rain is heard by 

 people on a journey in the jungle. 



Orang sini gulai kaladi. 

 Orang sana gulai tapah. 

 Orang sini jangan jadi. 

 Orang sana biar basah. 



This charm again is entirely Malay and means 



The people here eat curried kaladi. 



The people there eat curried tapah (a kind of fish). 



Don't let it rain on the people here. 



It does not matter if the people over there get wet. 



According to the Senoi, when there comes a shower 

 followed by sunshine, the rainbow springs up from a place 

 where a tiger has been sick. 



