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objects which are burnt prevent the spirits from seeing their 
prey clearly. Different kinds of rabun are used for different 
purposes. 
(vii) The Linggi Malays when making vows at the 
Kéramat Sungei Udang, a holy place which is much resorted 
to, have a peculiar method of divining whether their requests 
will be granted. A man takes a small stick and measures off 
a span on it with the thumb and the middle finger of the 
right hand. The span length he cuts off, and, having done 
so, holds it in the smoke of the incense which he burns while 
making his vow. He then re-measures the stick, and, if it 
appears to be more than a span long he believes that his 
petition will be favourably heard. 
(viii) A butterfly entering a house denotes the forthcom- 
ing arrival of a visitor. (From a Malay of Parit Buntar, 
(B) AwaNnc DurRAHMAN. 
(A Malay folk-tale.) 
(I took down the following little story—very quaint 
when told in Malay, but most difficult to translate into 
English—from Pandak Leman of Kampong Perak, in the 
Batu Kurau mwukim of Larut, in December, 1917, I have 
tried to follow the Malay as closely as possible, and to 
preserve the jerky method of narration, which is intended to 
represent the flight of Awang Durahman’s thoughts.) 
Awang Durahman was sitting one day in a tumble-down 
hut in the rice-fields, while his mother was weeding among 
the young crop. He took two cents from his mother’s sive/- 
wallet, and, as he held them in his hand, he said to himself, 
“ With this money I’ll buy two eggs, one a male, the other 
a female. After a time what a lot of fowls there’ll be—thou- 
sands! These fowls too many! Ifso, sell these fowls. Buy 
ducks, Make a big pond; place for ducks to play. Ducks 
alsomany. ‘ Pak’' up-stream, ‘ Pak’ down-stream! ‘Whose 
ducks arethese?’ ‘The ducksof Awang Durahmau!’ Ducks 
eat people’s paddy. Sell the ducks; buy goats. Many goats 
go and eat people’s crops. Very much trouble! ‘Whose 
goats are these?’ ‘The goats of Awang Durahman!’ Sell 
goats; buy oxen. Oxen not a few. ‘Boh’? up-stream, 
‘Boh’ down-stream! ‘ Whose oxen are these?’ ‘The oxen 
Durahman!’ Sell buffaloes; buy elephants. Elephants 
‘Ruh’ * up-stream, ‘ Ruh’ down-stream! Get into people’s 
} The quacking of the ducks. 
other. 
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+ The noise made by the elepliants. 
