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and the root of the p'^sang-pisang, and pound them to a pulp 

 which we mix with the elephant's food for three or four conse- 

 cutive days or evenings. 



78. This is medicine to make an elephant fat : we take 

 some tembakul fish, and Siamese salt and give them to the 

 elephant to eat. This must be done on the 13th to the 15th days 

 of the month. When we administer this medicine the elephant 

 must be standing in water that covers the swelling of its belly. 



This is another remedy : we take patawali and the 

 roots of the trong prat, trong pipit, trong asam and mataiang ; 

 we chop them very fine and soak them in some large vessel, 

 adding a little vinegar and Siamese salt ; then we give it to 

 the elephant to eat, or we rub it over its body. This must be 

 done the moon is rising. 



This is another remedy : we take the roots and leaves of the 

 lenjuang benar, lenjuang puteh, the aerial roots of the betel 

 nut tree, the roots of rambiga and rnataiang and some Siamese 

 salt. We give this medicine to the elephant to eat with some 

 plantains, Indian corn or sugar cane, either when it is stand- 

 ing in water as before, or when the moon is rising. 



This is another remedy : we take the skin of a rhinoceros' 

 navel and soak it in water with some Siamese salt and' some 

 honey. Then we give the elephant the skin to eat with its 

 food : we pour the liquid over the elephant and give it some to 

 drink. We do this for three or four consecutive days. 



Yet another remedy is to soak pedindang fruit and Siamese 

 salt in honey. We then give the elephant the skin of the fruit 

 to eat; the liquid we either pour over it or give it to drink for 

 three or four consecutive days. 



79. This is the charm we use when for the first time we 

 put the pannier upon a new elephant that has never been used 

 before. We first sprinkle the elephant with tepong taivar 

 [ceremonial flour] which we address as follows. 



Hei Tepong tawar, tepong jati, tepong tawar 

 Seklian changrai dan bahdi 

 Turun changrai, turun bahdi, turun pilak 

 Turun kadalam laut Pauh Janggi. 



Jour, Straits Branch 



