RECORDS OF MALAY MAGIC. 25 
17.—Datang di-padang ta’ berumput, pulang ka-padang ta’ 
berumput 
18.—Bukan-nya aku yang punya tawar 
19.—Malim karimon yang punya tawar 
20.—Tawar Allah, tawar Mohamad 
21.—Tawar Beginda rasul-Allah. 
An alternative charm, also given me by the Pawang, ran as 
follows :— 
Bismilla haraman narahim, 
Nerek, Petala Guru 
Yam diam di bukit bukan Gunong Berambun, 
Bukit Tambin anak, bukit Tambin [jok 
Minta tolong si Anu sakit 
Bukan-nya aku yang punya tawar 
Toh Malim Karimun yang punya tawar 
Tawar Allah, tawar Mohamad 
Tawar beginda rasulallah. 
1.—Ula-ula (not ular-ular) explained here as the panji-panji k’ramat ; 
streamers at tomb of a saint ; compare the Lagu Pemanggil above. 
Sakelula is explained as the mast of these steamers (tiang panjt-panjt). 
2.—Pinang gumba; explained as Pinang Bali, which is a talisman ~ 
against the Hantu Pemburu (wild Huntsman) ; dalam lubu means in the body 
(of the spirits). 
3.— Bersudara; explained by Pawang as (1) Pah sz Kemang, i. e. the 
Hantu Pemburu (wild Huntsman) himself. (2).—Mak st Kemang, his wife ; 
(3) Kemang ampai, his eldest son; and (4) Yambin Ijok, his yonngest 
son. 
Crocodile charms. 
A fowl is killed and split open, a cross stick of nzbong (which 
is intended to stick in the Crocodile’s throat, and to which is 
attached a rattan line of great length, is inserted, and the whole 
bound up again and laid upon a pair of trestles which are in- 
serted in a small floating platform moored to a stake by the 
‘bank. During this process the following charm is addressed to 
si Jambu Rakai, the tutelary genius of Crocodiles. 
Hei si Jambu Rakai, sambut pekiriman 
Putri Rundok di gunong Ledang (Mt. Ophir) 
