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the bomos of old. We take the roots and leaves of the pasamiu, 

 plantains of the variety known as pisang miu with the leaves 

 and root of the plant ; we add the roots of chemandrai hitam, 

 rotan tawar, tutup burnt, kenchar, pianggu, pulai hitam, rotan 

 dini, party yil-jmnggil, jerun, kuchai, galenggang, kaduduk, 

 paku, tambun tahi, temupadang, and temu kunchi ; we also take 

 limes of the varieties known as limau purut and limau padang, 

 and the bark of the kintong. We mix all these ingredients 

 throughly and then pound them to a pulp. The juice is given 

 to the elephant to drink for three days, or is sprinkled all over 

 its body for three consecutive evenings. 



65. If an elephant has sore eyes so that it does not al- 

 low us to touch it and carries its head low, we sprinkle black 

 pepper over its eyes for two or three consecutive evenings. If 

 its eyes run with water, we blow at them through a tube either 

 some lime juice or the clear water in which ashes have 

 been standing ; we do this for two or three consecutive enen- 

 ings. 



66. This is a medicine for a running discharge in an ele- 

 phant's eyes. We take the fruit of the mataiang and burn it 

 to ashes, which we then mix with water ; we strain the water 

 and add some lime juice ; we then put this in the elephant's 

 eyes for about three days, and of a certainty the discharge 

 will stop. 



67. This is the medicine for a disease of the trunk : we 

 take from some well the vessel which men use to lower into 

 the well to raise water ; we take it rope and all, and burn it to 

 ashes, which we mix with a little oil and rub on the end of the 

 trunk. For this remedy to have effect the vessel must have 

 been stolen from its owner. 



68. This is a remedy for the disease known as kesar apt. 

 We take some lenjuang merah, the cabbage heart of the teberau, 

 limes, mestvi, red onions, turmeric and white pepper ; after 

 chewing these ingredients with betel nut and betel leaf, we 

 squirt the mixture from our mouth over the elephant's body 

 three times on three morning or three evenings. Another way 



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