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69. This is the remedy for fever ; we take gandarusa and 

 chop it up fine, and soak it with cooked rice. Having done 

 this, we put it out in the dew that night, and afterwards sprin- 

 kle it over the elephant's head for about three days. 



We must be careful not to expose the elephant to the sun 

 during this time. 



70. This is the remedy for pains in the elephant's stomach : 

 we take the bark and fruit of the tamarind and the bark of the 

 kintong, the bark oijambu kapal and of the sena, the fruit of 

 the tevus rangkinang and the rangkir ang kayu, with its fruit 

 and bark ; we pound all these things to a pulp which we give 

 the elephant to eat together with Siamese salt ; we may also 

 sprinkle it over the affected part. 



71. This medicine kills all the diseases in an elephant's 

 stomach: we take some ripe trong prat, lengkuas padang, Siamese 

 salt, bark of the malaka that has been brought from foreign 

 parts ; we split the trong and the lengkuas into strips, and then 

 pound the mixture to a pulp ; then we soak it in vinegar, and 

 after three days we give the liquid to the elephant to drink, and 

 the sediment we mix with the elephant's food, or with a plan- 

 tain or some sugar cane. We do this for three or four days. 



72. This is the medicine for an elephant that is troubled 

 with intestinal worms : we take the white and black varieties of 

 kunyit trios, some black valley earth, the cabbage-heart of teberau, 

 meswi, red onions, and white pepper ; we stuff a sugar cane with 

 these ingredients or we mix them little by little with the 

 elephant's food for two or three days repeating this mantra. 



Om kak tui tui sak. 

 The following medicine will kill all the intestinal worms 

 whose presence in an elephant's stomach prevents it from 

 becoming fat and healthy : we take some saltpetre and carraway 

 seed, and give as much of them as it will eat to the elephant. 

 When Ave have done this for three or four consecutive days all 

 the worms will be dead. 



73. This is medicine for an elephant this is suffering 

 from chill : we take the roots of trong asam, and of rotandini, 



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