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who working afterwards in the same field, with find their work, 
I believe, appreciably lightened, and who in revising these notes 
compiled often under difficulties will be able to correct when 
necessary and to add to them at their leisure. 
Then with the “ northern farmer” I shall be able to say I 
have ‘“ stubbed Thornaby waaste.” 
PADI CEREMONIES. 
_ On the 28th January, 1897, I witnessed the ceremonies 
attending the reaping of the first ears of padi at Chodoi in the 
Kwala Langat District of Selangor. I arrived at the house 
belonging to the Malay owner of the padi field a little past 
8 a.m., the hour at which the ceremony was to commence 
having been fixed at angkat kening. (about 9 a.m.) a few 
days previously. On my arrival I found the Pawang (an aged 
Selangor woman) seated in front of the apparatus required 
for the ceremony. This consisted of three newly-plaited 
circular baskets diminishing in size from the Pawang’s right to 
her left, (the big basket being supposed to contain seven, the 
middle-sized five, and the smallest one three, ‘‘ gemalan ” of padi). 
They were each bound round, just under the rim, with the 
fruiting form of the creeper called “ ribu-ribu,” freshly gathered 
that morning. At the Pawang’s extreme left stood the circular 
brass trays with high sides which are called “ Dulang” by the 
‘Malays, the contents of which were as follows:— 
1.—A small bowl of parched rice. 
saffron rice. 
3 . i RS washed rice. 
4, Za . i oil of frankincense. 
5. 95 +3 a oil of Celebes, (Bugis).* 
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incense. 
—A small bundle of incense (in addition to the bow!). 
8.—One of the hard jungle-nuts called ‘‘ Buah Kras.” 
9.—One of the shells called ‘‘ Krang.” 
10.—An Egg. 
11.—A stone (a small block of quartz): 
12.—A large iron nail. 
13 to 15.—Three Malay reaping-instruments, of which 
(a) is the penawei solong (lit, eldest rice-cutter), which is only 
