4 RECORDS OF MALAY MAGIC. 
being used. Three new sarongs (one for each basket) were add- 
ed and everything now being realy, the various receptacles were 
handed to five female bearers (penjawat) and one male, who des- 
cended the house-ladder with the pawang at their head, and 
set out for the rice-fieid. 
Before they had gone many yards, they were joined by the 
owner of the field, who walked in front of them bearing what 
was called the ‘ junjongan padi.” This was a leafy stem 
of a dark red kind of sugar-cane, but which should, said the 
Pawang,, in strictness have been of the black or ‘“‘ raven” variety 
(tebu gagak). The procession passed on and the Pawang re- 
peated as we went the following prayer to the spirits. 
Bismillah-harahmanna rahim Assalam aleikum, Nabi Tap 
yang memegang bumi, Aku tahu asalnia padi. Sri gading, 
gémala gading yang di-ujong ladang, yang dipangkal ladang, 
yang terperchig, yang terp’lanting, yang di-orong* de’ semut 
silambada, Hei Dang Pak, Dang Melini, Dang Sélamat menyan- 
dang galah Bertapokt bertimbun dayang kamari selamat rejki 
di-bri-nia Allah. Dengan berkat, d.s. b. 
On reaching the padi-field the procession filed through a 
lane already made in the padi, until the sheaf was reached from 
which the first ears were to be cut. On arriving at the spot, 
before depositing the rice baskets on the ground, the Pawang 
repeated the following prayer:— 
‘‘ Ruwak-ruwak sakandang désa 
Bertenggek di-bauran panah 
Berkuak-lah arzkau Rengkesa 
‘Nak letakkan bakul di-atas tanah.” 
On which the baskets were deposited, and the Pawang took 
her station in front of the aforesaid sheaf of padi. 
Covering her head with a flowing white cloth, of which the 
ends fell upon her shoulders, the Pawang stood up facing the 
sheaf,and waved the ends of the cloth thrice upwards towards 
the right, thrice upwards towards towards the left, and finally 
thrice upwards the right again.t Then she hid her head in the 
* di-orong—di-krumun 
t bertapok—berkampong. 
t{ Another local way of summoning the spirits is ae wave at all four 
corners of the field, then return to the centre and repeat the following 
charm :— 
