30 MANTRA GAJAH. 



59. This is the medicine for an elephant that will not 

 kneel at the word of command. We take the root of the male 

 kanchi plant that has never flowered, and chew it up with betel 

 leaf and betel nut and squirt over all the elephant's joints. 

 We do this for two three or four days. Another way is to 

 take the root of the gourd plant that creeps over abandoned 

 houses and to chew this with betel nut and betel leaf and to 

 squirt it over the elephant's thighs for two or three consecutive 

 evenings. If an elephant will not kneel or refuses to kneel 

 down in water, we take the moss off the stump of a tree that 

 has been felled to make a boat. We burn the moss to ashes 

 and mix it with oil and rub it on the elephant's forehead and 

 on its thighs. 



60. If an elephant refuses, or is afraid, to swim, we take 

 the root of the kiambang plant and burn it to ashes which we 

 mix with oil and rub on the elephant's forehead or on its 



thighs. 



61. This is a list of the diseases, of elephants. 

 Mersud : a swelling of the tip of the trunk. 

 Merchuan : a swelling of the part under the chin. 

 Tasab : a swelling of the forehead. 



Merkabat: a swelling of the eyes. 

 Keruan : a swelling of the ear. 

 Merpuan : a swelling in the stomach. 

 Mertemulam : a swelling of the genitals. 

 Mernor : a swelling of one leg. 

 Mertalam : a swelling of both legs. 

 Merchap : a swelling of the anus. 

 Merkabun : a swelling of the rectum. 

 Merpahat : a swelling of the end of the tail. 

 Keradan : a swelling of the tip of the trunk. 



For this last disease the medicine is to take the leaves of 

 langkandi, prai, labu ayer and katang-katang tahi lembu with 

 some whitewash and some salt. We shred these ingredients, or 

 grind them to paste and apply the mixture as a poultice to the 

 swollen part. 



Jour, Straits Branch 



