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which the stone implements found in the Malay Peninsula are 
made, which are also called Batu lintar. It is pressed firmly 
against the body wherever pain is felt. 
iv. Batu nitar, another name for Thunder-bolt: a minute 
four-side crystal, half an inch long and about two lines thick. 
A charm to be used only in extreme cases. It is dipped in water 
and then shaken over the patient. If he starts when the drops 
of water fall upon his body he will recover, otherwise he. will 
die. 
v. Batu krang jiranau, or Petrified root-stock of jiranau 
(a Zingiberad ?). ‘They told us this is the Dyak name of a kind of 
wild ginger. The word is curiously near to Jerangau or Je- 
ringu, which Ridley says is Acorus cailamus: ‘‘a plant much used 
by native medicine-men,’ (Wilkinson, Malay-English Diction- 
ary.) The thing so called was possibly part of the back-bone ot 
some animal, bent double and the two ends tied together, each 
vertebra brown and shining after long use. A charm for dysen- 
tery and indigestion, and also for consumption. It is dipped in 
oil, and rubbed on the patient’s body in a downward direction. 
vi. Batu ilau, or Sparkling stone, also called Batu kras, or 
the hard stone. A six-sided crystal, two inches long and three 
quarters of an inch thick. One end appeared to have been for- 
merly stuck into some sort of handle, as it was covered with malau, 
or lac. ‘This is the indispensable sight-stone to be looked into 
for a view of that which is future, or distant, or otherwise in- 
visible to ordinary eyes. It is specially used by Manangs, for 
discovering where the soul of the sick man, wandering away from 
the body, is concealing itself; or for detecting the particular 
demon who is causing the illness. 
There were also, jumbled up together at the bottom of the 
bag, a number of tusks of wild boar, pebbles, and other rubbish, 
but these were pronounced to be utaz ngapa, things of no import- 
ance. One article that we hoped to find was absent. lasu said 
he should be glad indeed to have it, but it had never come in his 
way. Itis the Batu burung endan, or Pelican stone. He ex- 
plained to us that this is a stone which has the magical power of 
securing the presence and cooperation of a spirit who dwells in 
the form of the endan, (pelicanus malaccensis). When the 
Manang is seeking to enter Selayan, the Spirit world, in search 
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