MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 107 



" The pusat bumi, its navel or centre, is at Acheh. This 

 " was first discovered to be the case by Nabi Ibrahim' by 

 " measurements (sukat)." 



(When I suggested that Mecca was the centre of the world, 

 Pa' Senik was for a minute at a loss. Then, with an al- 

 lusion to the methods of the Survey Department, said that 

 that, of course, was a re-survey). 



The two following scraps may be assigned to the period 

 of Hindu influence that succeeded the pagan, and preceded 

 the Muhammadan, era. 



" The earth is supported upon the horns of a bull. Facing 

 " tbe bull is a mosquito that threatens, if it stirs, to enter its 

 " nostril and bite it. The bull therefore supports its heavy 

 " load without moving. Sometimes, however, it tosses its head, 

 " and then there is an earthquake." 



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"At the end of the world the sun will go down to hell in 

 " the shape of a bull, and will gore the men who have wor- 

 " shipped him upon this earth. 



