26 MANTEA GAJAH. 



As we finish these words we close our eyes. 



43. If we go in amongst a herd of tame loose elephants 

 and find a male wild elephant among them we repeat this 

 mantra. 



Om wi chit Teawi kam baka au la sipoh suhom 

 dat bang beng kombang tipada sam kom ah ah ah. 



44. This mantra will forcibly detain a rogue elephant that 

 is chasing us : we repeat it three times in one breath. 



TOT PARTOT KANCHANG KANDAI KON PITAI TOT HAL 



45. This is a perabun charm which we use when we decoy 

 a solitary wild elephant ; with closed eyes we repeat it three times 

 over a leaf and then thrust the leaf behind our left ear. 



OM NAK KAMBANGBUKAMBANG THALABYU CHANG 

 HAI PAL 



Another general form of perabun charm for elephants is 

 this. We repeat it over two leaves or over three leaves and 

 then thrust the leaves behind our left ear. 



Om nang kambang bukambang thalabyu chang 



HAI PAI 



46. When we wish to mount an elephant in a herd of 

 tame elephants we repeat this mantra whether there is male 

 wild elephant among the herd or not. 



Om pang pahamlak palai pachah kalong dik 



MIMA. 



47. When a solitary wild elephant has joined our herd of 

 decoy female elephants we use a mantra to prevent him from 

 afterwards leaving them. We take three limes that grow on 

 a single stem or better still five limes growing one single stem 

 ( if these cannot be obtained, two limes growing on a single 

 stem will do ), and we pick out the love-grass that has caught 

 in our sarongs. We mix the two together and rub them over 

 our female elephants. We also sprinkle betel-leaf and betel nut 

 over their foreheads. Over the various ingredients mentioned 

 we repeat this charm. 



OM MA BANAK NIK MAKU AW MAK TIK MAK MAKA- 

 BAN MANINGKAL KAK KAN TIK. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



