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The medicines for tasab, the swelling of the forehead, is to 

 take the bark of the ramanggi and dedap, some kunyit trus, 

 lampuyang, lengkv-ai padang and limes. We place these ingre- 

 dients in a pot and boil them to shreds, and then apply the 

 medicine to the elephant's forehead, and without fail the disease 

 will be cured. 



62. This is the medicine for merkabat, the swelling of the 

 eyes. We take some oxhide and burn it to ashes; then add some 

 oil, the leaves and roots of the pria and of the creeping gourd 

 plant. We pound these ingredients to a pulp and mix some 

 arrack with it. The whole compost is applied to the swollen 

 part. It is a certain cure. 



63. For the swelling of the ears we use this medicine. 

 We take the fruit of the tamarind with limes of the varieties 

 known as limau mata kerbau, limau purut, limau krat lentang 

 and common limes and oranges ; of all these we take the leaves 

 and roots as well as the fruit ; we chop them fine, and pound 

 them well and then boil them in a pot. With the water we 

 wash the swollen part, and apply the sediment as a poultice. 



Now this is a medicine, which we should know, for all 

 ailments of elephants. We take the roots of the trong prat, 

 the bark leaves and fruit of some tamarind, the bark of the 

 kintongan, common limes, the limes of the varieties known as 

 limau krat lentang, limau mata kerbau, limau purut, limau 

 raia ; we take from a betel nut tree that has never fruited the 

 young aerial roots that have not yet reached the ground • we 

 also take kunyit trus of the white and black varieties, lengkuas 

 padang, lengkuas benar, temu lawak, halia udang of the red 

 kind, juang juang leaves of the red kind and teberau. 



All these we pound to powder, and place in water for a 

 night. With this water we wash the elephant all over for two 

 or three days ; the sediment we give it to eat in small quantities 

 with its food. After this we should avoid letting the elephant 

 feel the heat of the sun for a few days. 



64. We now tell of all the medicines for the diseases of ele- 

 phants. First of all there is this one which is handed down from 



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