32 USE OF THE SLOW LORIS IN MALAY MEDICINE. 



because it is said it can swim ; Kongkang angin, which is black. 

 This variety is said to have the power of vanishing when a 

 storm arises, if it is merely tied with a string in a house, but if 

 confined in a cage it cannot do. Kongkang api is red with a 

 white mark on its forehead and nose. Kongkang orang is 

 brownish with a red line over its head and down its back. The 

 white variety Kongkang puteh or Kongkang Kayu is very rare 

 and is the most valuable one for magic purposes. It derives its 

 second name from the peculiar property of causing a tree to fall 

 in any desired direction. To effect this it must be either found 

 dead or killed in a special manner known only to an initiated 

 few, its bones are then laid in a row in the direction in which 

 it is desired that the tree shall fall when felled and the tree will 

 fall exactly on the bones. 



In cutting up a Kongkang for magical purposes it is neces- 

 sary that the knife used shall be ornamented with gold. The 

 skull if put in a hole in the ground beneath a house will cause 

 ghosts (hantus) to appear. The fur if burnt and given to a 

 woman to eat will cause her to like her husband however much 

 she may have previously disliked him. 



Pasal Perguna'an Kong Kang. 



Ayer mata-nya itu jika di pakai pada badan kita yarn di 

 masokkan k-dalam suatu bekas di-pakai sperti azimat, Insha 

 Allah sklian yang mmendang kita kaseh sklian-nya. 



2. Darah-nya jika di champor dngan dawat di tuliskan 

 azimat Insha Allah mustajab barang perbuat tau-nya, dan jika 

 di champor dngan ayer susu manusia di sapukan pada mulut 

 periok, mlainkan tiada masah nasi itu. 



3. Prot-nya itu di jmor kring kring dan apabila kita 

 handak naik rumah orang di asah dngan ayer embon dan jebat 

 di sapukan di dawah lantai-nya nschaya tertidor orang yang di 

 dalam rumah itu dan tiada ktahui kita naik rumah-nya itu, dan 

 jika di sapukan pada binatang yang buas buas, sperti Harimau, 

 Sapi, atau Gajah terplihara deri-pada kjahatan-nya, dan jika 

 orang sakit di asah dngan kulit dedak sdikit di-bri minum nscha- 

 ya semboh. 



4. Prot-nya itu jika di-bri kring kring apabila ada prem- 

 puan susa hndak beranak di asah dngan mempedu-nya dan ayer 



