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the male equivalents have opposite qualities. It is interesting 
that the souls of boats partake of the sexes of their bodies. 
night toa greater or less extent in most Malayan houses. I am 
when a soul is strong that any manifestation is possible. From 
this belief arises a peculiar form of what may be almost des- 
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of the week on which all Pa Mga most vigorous. Were the 
xeS opened on Friday, their souls (which are thus regarded as 
Spirits) might be so active that they would escape, and then the 
owner of the box, having lost his luck, would become “‘ utterly 
r.”? Similarly it is on Friday that offerings to strengthen 
made. On this day the soul is apparently more ready to de- 
tach itself from its material body, and consequently more able 
Such things, however, do not form part of what we may 
regard as the proper functions of a soul, but rather illustrate the 
