A TraP TO GtTNONG BLUMTTT. Ill 



"da itu kodok hijau itu menjadi bunting*, sambil beranak 

 "sa-ekor harimau dengan sa-ekor buaya. 



In connection with the foregoing, the Dato communicated 

 to me the following : — 



"Kalau ckutek, kalau chatei 

 " Sangkut dahan pauh 

 "Matahari jentei harimau tiiha 

 " Jauli jangan dekat 

 " Aku tahu asal engkau 

 "Mula menjadi, Fatimah nam a 

 " Mak, nabi Musa nama bapa. 

 " Segrlching segrichang patah 

 "Ranting dio-ongcong: angsa 

 "Taroh kunchi terkanching 

 " Maka knuchi na,bi tidak terawa 

 '•Tidak ternafsu terkanching 

 " Brat buangkan hawa nafsu 

 "Aku tahui turon temuron englcau 

 "Mula menjadi." 



Which may be translated as follows : Even though they be 

 ••withered, though they snap, may yon be entangled in the 

 " boughs of the pauh tree till the sun falls old tiger, keep far 

 " away and approach not, I know the origin of your first 

 " being, Fatimah was your Mother's name and the prophet 

 " Moses your father's." 



[This appears to be a mistake, as Fatimah lived 1000 years 

 after Moses, probably Baginda Ali should be substituted 

 for Nabi Musa.] 



" Snap snap go the twigs iu the bill of the poose. Put on 

 " the lock and you are fastened up, once the lock of the 

 " prophet has been placed on you, no longer can you indulge 

 "your desires, you are fastened up, heavy is the restraint 

 " placed on your desires. I know your original descent." 



The above serApah or charm is, it will be seen, for protec- 

 tion against the tiger. 



It will be observed that these two legendary accounts of the 

 origin of the tiger differ, the first tracing it to the frog, and 

 that given in the serapah to Fatimah and Moses (or Baginda 



