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me that his people acknowledge a Dana Punan (Desire Spirit). 

 who is responsible for ill luck met with by those who have 

 given it an opportunity of causing them trouble. 



The Giving oi Names. 



Children are given names as soon as, or soon after, they 

 are born, but these are frequently changed. A child may be 

 named from some event which happened at about the time of 

 its birth, from the river near which it was born, from the 

 settlement in which its parents were living, or from some 

 peculiarity of person or habit. 



One youth was named Jernang from the river near which 

 he was born, but was more usually called Si Kork from a 

 fanciful resemblance to a certain kind of bird, the tentork : 

 chechawi of the Malays (the racquet-tailed drongo). 



A baby girl was given the name of Tenyuk. because her 

 parents were keeping a scaly ant-eater [tenyuk) as a pet at the 

 time of her birth. 



The father of this child, whose name was Sagap (meaning 

 " read}') ? " was so called because his birth was expected to 

 occur some time before it actually took place, and thus every- 

 thing was read)' much before it was necessary. 



A little girl was called Krek (cockle because her chin was 

 thought to resemble a cockle-shell in shape ; another Puntok 

 or l'untong ("burnt log") because she always liked playing 

 about among the ashes of the cook-house fire. 



Senoi Oaths. 



Katil, the headman mentioned above, gave me the follow- 

 ing example of a Senoi oath, which I believe that I have 

 translated correctlv. 



The Halak (Shaman) is found among the Behrang Sakai, 

 as among other Senoi tribes. Katil. who, shortly before 

 our arrival, had been performing some magical rites tor his 



