104 MISCELANEOUS NOTES. 



" Before one goes out shooting, one should make an offer- 

 " ing at the edge of the forest, and repeat the following mantra. 



" Chorteh, Chordeng, 



" Kong Pali, Nak Terming, 



" Marilah terima idangan kami ini, 



" Kami na' minta menembak rusa didalam rimba ini " 



For the word rusa one substitutes sladang, gajah, or badak 

 if necessary. All that Pa' Senik could tell me regarding the 

 four personages invoked in this mantra was that they were 



Hantu Rimba. 



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The following is a mantra to be repeated after the death 

 of a rusa. 



" Om Ma'hong gana, 

 " Gana kechil, gana besar, 

 " Gana saratus sembilan puloh ; 

 11 Bukan aku mahu buangkan gana, 

 " Dewa Agong turun buangkan gana ; 

 " Bukan aku mahu mengalahkan gana, 

 " Dewa Mantra Guru yang mengalahkan gana, 

 " Dewa Bantra Umar yang mengalahkan gana, 

 " Dewa Puteh yang mengalahkan gana, 

 " Sang Kaki Bantra Galah yang mengalahkan gana, 

 " Dalang Yahuda Semak Turahyang mengalahkan gana, 

 " Radina Kreta Pati Selangor Majitan Petra Jangkal 

 aGajahGemala Kuda Lawi yang membuang gana." 



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Pa' Senik told me that after the completion of the cere- 

 mony known as sapu bahdi, whereby the evil influence conse- 

 quent upon the death of a deer are swept away, and after the 

 animal has been cut up, there is a final ceremony called labor , 

 of which the literal meaning is " smearing." With a stick, the 

 pawang turns over the blood-covered leaves that disfigure the 

 site where the carcase has been out up, and so far as possible 

 attempts to restore the pristine appearance of the place. 



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