54 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vou. TX, 
Sieng-Kalu, ip i aa 
Koh minta lau aa 
Bih bulth bth, jonah itrang. 
s invocation is chiefly in the Bahasa Kapor, though 
it may be noted that the ordinary Malay word for ‘‘ water’ 
(ayer) is used instead of the Bahasa Kapor word stmpéloh. 
It may be translated as follows :— 
Bisans, O Bisans! 
Bisans of the headwaters, Bisans of the lower reaches, 
In front of the hut, behind the hut 
We ask you to give us camphor (trees), with full con- 
We ask you to give us camphor of Singapore, 
Trengganu, and ES Pee ng. 
We ask you to us, 
Without fail, Guns morning. 
After this the P&nghulu, who -has gone out of the hut, 
throws into it some handfuls of rice in the husk, while his 
“Sakai” remain quietly within 
When the feast is finished the Pénghulu recites, partly on 
camphor tabu language, an imaginary convers sation between 
a Bisan (Camphor Spirit) and her mother, as follows :— 
i Bes Ee Bed a Apa pichin dalam stmpé- 
2. Mother, Vek lah. dayang, same) badak.’’ 
3- “© Aba sthab stluang lar 
4. ** Titu, dayang, bérnama Sve bujang.’ 
5. ““M - ba ak ! Apa pichin méntkoh <A 
6 Yaka, dayang, ’dupan Pénghulu Mu- 
da. 
7: we Amboi, lembut-nyc, mak, pinggang P&éng- 
hulu Muda: 
‘*Yak-lah, daya atk jamu Pénghulu 
Muda nabne Perkuah fae 
This may be translated :— 
poe RRS 
ae | ** Mother, aes ! What thing is that in 
the wa 
2. M. pied Bs 3 eee is a stluang badak.” 
a. 2. ‘Why does the s#/uang fly?” 
4. M. ‘* Because, maiden, of the stbarau bujang.” 
5. B. *‘ Mother, Mother! What is that thing 
that eats the trunks of the trees ?”’ 
6. M. ‘That, maiden, is the livelihood of the 
Penghulu Muda.”’ 
oe oF **Good gracious, how pliant (thin), mo- 
ther, is the waist of the Penghulu 
uda!’’ 
