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Disease of pain due to iblis (devil). — Chew together some 

 lubigan, kisul, add onions, and spit on the painful part, then roll 

 a chicken egg over it, while the following prayer is pronounced : 



"Alajula ilaja ilajualayu Ikayu Ikayu mututa janunu sinatun ualanu 

 munlaju mapi sampeki uamapil arlle manzaladchi yasepau enlaju elaby 

 isniji alamu mabaena aydijim uamajalpajum ualayujituna bisayninminilmiji 

 ilabimasa auasi-a kursiuju samawate ual arola ualaya uduju iplujuma 

 uajual aliul alim." 



Disease of men {gonorrhoea). — Cook together in water fruit 

 of tungki, some pepper, saffron, cinnamon, sibucao, and sanki. 

 This water should be taken at intervals, but should not be taken 

 too much at a time, as it would produce diarrhoea. 



Dysentery. — Cook together in 

 water shoots of buri, sibucao, 

 and guava. The water is then 

 drunk. 



Harmful prayers. — The signs 

 shown in fig. 5, drawn on the 

 door of the house, are a protec- 

 tion against any harmful 

 prayer. 



Headache. — Obtain sanki, leaf 

 of alem, fruit of tunki and kisul, and shoot of a banana called 

 saguinga busau. Make shavings of all of these, add a little 

 water, press them out together, and apply on the head. 



Internal inflammations. — Obtain equal parts of the bark of the 

 plant katayatay, shavings from sibucao, and leaves of sambung. 

 Crush these together in a mortar and take. 



Malaria. — Obtain thirty leaves of salaysina (yerba buena), 

 on each of them write the letter alip, and then rub the body 

 with them. Cook bamboo shoots in water, add a little honey, 

 and then drink the mixture. 



Fig. 4. Amulet for crying. 



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Fig. 5. Amulet for harmful prayers. 



