HUNTING INVOCATIONS. 21 



Translation. 



Ye (forest spirits that guard the red-deer) 



Che' Lanang — the Twister 



Che' Redup — the Dim One. 



Che' Bendang (the open plain) 



Che' Merah — the Red One 



I summon you to hunt with me 



What comes from the enclosed fields is your share 



What comes from the outer forest shall be mine 



Let nothing spoil our hunting 



I know what to avoid 



I know what to follow 



May all the bad luck be your share 



May all the good luck fall to me. 



Whether it be Srigala or Che' Langsat 



Or the King of the Deer himself 



Yea, he who crosses the world at one leap 



Or Che' Runsing who flashes hither and thither 



May each one that leaps forth fall with broken legs 



May each glider be broken across the back 



May each one crushing through the bushes have broken 



bones 

 It is not I who destroys you 

 It is the Lord Perpatih who hunts you 

 The dogs are not my dogs 

 They are the dogs of Pa' Sidi 

 It is not I who shouts on the dogs 

 It is the shout of Nenek Batin Pelang 

 Fail ye not in your compact 

 If ye fail in your compactye are rebellious against Allah. 



Che' Langsat — the Twister 



Che' Redup — the Dim One 



Che' Bendang — the "open plain" 



Che' Merah— the Red One 



Take what is yours 



That which is carried away is mine 



That which remains is yours. 



R. A. Soc, No. 42, 1904. 



