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38. This is a mantra to ward off evil influences from an 

 elephant when we are taking it back to the stocks after 

 bathing it. 



OM YANG CHANG BANGDI BANGTU BANGRU BANGTI PADA 

 BANG KAMU KUMAIA OM BANG SARAPA BANG 0M RENGAB 

 CHANG RENGAB DAI RENGAB PITAI YAKAR OM RENGAB 

 RAKANGLANG KARAMI RENGAB PADA PAIAMAN PONG OM 

 RENGAB MAHA RENGAB. 



39. This is a mantra which we repeat when we mount the 

 elephant. 



OM PANG PAHAMLOK PALAI PECHAH GALONG OM DIK 

 MAMAN. 



40. This sets forth our powers when we are about to 

 entice a solitary wild elephant into a noose by making it follow 

 our tame elephants. If the wild elephant will not follow our 

 animals, we repeat this mantra and then hurl some clods of 

 earth at him. 



Matapu chumkan midon yoh kayu umbi kawan 

 chamkan lamang manu ra ambi kayu ambi kawan 

 tangwan tangwan pirak dut pirak situn duraja 

 chamkan lantangun ra ambi kawan tangwan tangwan. 



41. This is the mantra we use when we beckon onwards 

 a solitary wild elephant that will not follow our decoy elephant. 

 We take some chamar leaves and repeat the mantra over them 



Matapu chumkan lion nakchong abia kasi' an amia 

 kon chomkan lion tangkon parik dos parik siton 

 dunang makaru tangkon. 



Another way is to repeat the mantra over three lumps 

 of earth which we then throw at the elephant. 



42. This is the perabun charm that we use when we wish 

 to catch a herd of tame loose elephants in the forest and find 

 that a male wild elephant is with them. We walk round the 

 herd either once or three times repeating the mantra. 



OM PAU PANG MAHA PANG PIT OM TAU TAU SITI KAR- 

 TANA SAHOM OM SAUHOM. 



R. A, Soc, No. 45, 1905. 



