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48. This is a mantra to prevent a solitary wild elephant 

 from fidgetting and disturbing a herd of tame elephants. We 

 repeat it as we walk round the heri, which we do either once 

 or three times. 



OM KASAK KUA TARAK HAK CHAN JINSA NAK SILAK 

 SATAHA TIHAK WI SARA WIKAK WI TRAWA PUTAI YA 

 ATI YAN NIK MAKURI NACHCNG TANGU KAPURUNTA 

 SARA MAMA WI SARA WIKAKH WIPARU PURAK BINAT 

 SIAN TIK biilan naik jangan bulan tarim ifait turut kata 

 Sri Rama. 



[ let the moon rise, let it not set : obey the word of Sri 

 Rama. ] 



49. This is a mantra to make a solitary wild elephant, or 

 a herd of wild elephants, stay in one place. 



Tot sapar tot changlium change an chang 

 sama ku dhangtang parpit siti kan guru batik 

 parahai kalu ah tot. 



50. This is a mantra to beckon onward a solitary wild 

 elephant. We repeat it over a chamar leaf and then beckon 

 to the elephant with the leaf three times. As we beckon we 

 must not look behind us. 



MATAPU CHOM KAN LION TANGKUAN PARAK DUN- 

 ANG MAKARU TANGKUAN TANGKUAN TANGKUAN. 



51. When an elephant has been caught in our noose, this 

 -is a mantra to make it stupid, and to prevent it from inserting 

 its tusks into the slip knot and working the noose open. 



Hei tunggal terkatup tertutup terkanching anglau 

 disuroh Sri Rama. Ah ! Ah ! Ah! [ Hei ! solitary one ! 

 thou art closed up, shut up, bolted up, and this by the 

 order of Sri Rama. Ah ! Ah ! Ah ! ] 



52. To make a wild elephant amorous of our tame female 

 elephants, we pick some of the weed tutup bumi that grows in 

 the middle of the highroads and take it root and all. We 

 chew it with betel leaf and betel nut, and then spit it out on 

 the elephants' forehead and brows and both ears and both 



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