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hand and applied it all over his body and hair. His body 

 became white and his clothes silken. 



Pleased with this, Semang ascended the ladder, gath- 

 ered together all the goods that he had found in the room, 

 and began taking them to the prahu. There he found 

 Deer asleep, and killed him with his spear. After bring- 

 ing all the goods from the house to the prahu, Semang 

 started down-stream. Owing to the magic liquid his 

 prahu had become very large, and carried much, much 

 goods, as well as the dead deer. 



He travelled straight for the kampong, where he 

 caught sight of his mother. "O, mother !" he cried, and 

 went up the ladder carrying the bottle. He washed his 

 mother with the liquid. She became young and beauti- 

 ful, and it also gave her many beautiful garments. By 

 the same aid Semang made the room handsome. Every- 

 thing became changed instantly. The ceiling was of 

 ironwood, and the planks of the floor were of a wood 

 called lampong, which resembles cedar. Large numbers 

 of brass vessels were there, and many gongs were brought 

 from the prahu, besides a great quantity of various 

 goods. The mother said: "This is well, Semang." She 

 felt that she no longer had cause to be troubled; that 

 whatever she and Semang might need would come with- 

 out effort on their part. 



Note. — According to Long-Glat belief, the deer, called in Malay rusa, 

 possesses a magic liquid which enables it to restore the dead to life. The 

 name of the liquid is telang kliman (telang = liquid; kliman = to make alive). 



