8 Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [ Vou. IX, 
e far as I could gather, however, the words which are 
chanted are varied according to the taste of the halak. There 
were references in the chants that I heard to rolling up the 
mats (leb gamfil) of Tapern, to the winding and unwinding of 
the cord round the thunder-stone (menang sini jon, ‘‘ cor 
wind pull (? )” ), to the place where the sun sets, to the 
Chenoi, and to Jamoi. Tdkeh told me that office of halak 
descends from father to son, the familiar spirit being, of 
also inherited. Fireflies (kedlud) are, he said, the 
fadiiioets of halaks (pengkah halak). 
Dreams. 
Dreams among the Kintak Bong and Menik Kaien are 
believed to convey warnings of good or evil fortune to come. 
For instance, a man who dreams of rubbing himself with oil 
will not go out into the jungle on the next day, as, if he does 
so, he thinks that he will be struck by a falling tree. A dieam 
that a bérok-monkey is attacking the sleeper indicates that a 
Malay will come to the camp and make trouble. To dream 
of holding a winnowing-tray means that a soft-tortoise will be 
caught on the next day, while to dream of finding a half 
cocoanut-shell indicates that a tortoise, of the kind which the 
Malays call kuva kura, will be captured. Should a man 
dream of a tree falling towards the east, he will be taken by 
a tiger if he goes to the jungle on the following day '; while 
should he have a dream that he is distributing tobacco he 
will shoot a monkey with his blow-pipe. If a married man 
dreams that he is wearing a ring or bracelet of silver, his 
wife will give birth toa male child; if a ring or bracelet of 
suasa (an alloy of copper and go'd), 'a female ; but should he 
dream that the bracelet or ring gets broken while he is wear- 
ing it, the child will die.* To have an unlucky dream is called 
pahad empak, this being equivalent to the Malay salah mimi. 
Oaths. 
The form of oath in use among the Negritos seems to 
be very similar to that of some of the Sakai tribes, and of 
certain Indonesians. A man who is swearing to the truth of 
some statement will say, ‘‘ If I lie— 
dok teiok makab yeh s : 
, me 
dok_ ki-ung machong yek/” 
may rotten-branch a: i oe Lo 
I cere stayed at home for a day while I was stopping near his camp, 
because o: a dream igh kind. 
2 oped of the Ulu Selama seem to have somewhat similar ideas 
bout r and bracelets ; so these 
oe may, very 
