34 USE OF THE SLOW LORIS IN MALAY MEDICINE. 



3. Its gut is to be dried, and when we want to use it, take 

 a piece and rub it on a stone with dew and civet ; when rubbed 

 below the floor of a house, the inmates will fall asleep and will 

 not know we are getting in. and if rubbed on wild anmials such 

 as tigers, oxen or elephants, the person approaching will be safe 

 from harm, and if ground up with a little bark of Dadup 

 (Erythrina) and given to a sick person it will cure him at once. 



4. The gut when dried and ground with its gall together 

 with rose water and rubbed on the abdomen of a woman in con- 

 finement, will assist to cause delivery. 



5. The right eye dried and ground to powder and mixed 

 with human or goat's milk and some sweet oil may be used as an 

 eye ointment which will make dim sight bright by the will of God. 



G. The left eye ground fine and mixed with rose water, 

 honey and camphor (Sumatran) can be used as an eye ointment 

 or eaten with sirih leaf, the nerves of which meet together 

 causes all who look on us to love us, and if given to a wild beast 

 it will become tame. 



7. The heart well dried and ground and mixed with olive 

 oil and rubbed on acts as an aphrodisiac and buried in the 

 front of a house makes it appear respectable. 



8. If its backbone is buried beneath the door of the house 

 we can prevent thieves from entering. 



9. If the bone of its left leg be kept in the mouth during a 

 conversation with a rajah, it will prevent his doing any acts of 

 tyranny to us, and if we cook it with oil of snake or tiger or olive 

 oil and rub it on the feet of a weak person, it will streng- 

 th _»n him. 



10. If its lung is placed beneath the door, the people of the 

 house will be separated. 



11. If the liver be dried and a piece taken and rubbed up 

 and given to a woman to eat it will produce in her feelings of 

 love towards us. 



