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verged, and then grasping this cloth ‘‘ waved” the offering by 
swinging the tray slowly to and fro over the patient’s head. 
He now lowered the tray and detaching it from the 
cord by which it was suspended waved it seven times, and held 
it in front of the patient, who spits into it. 
Nothing now remained for him to do but to sally forth, 
carrying the tray with its lighted tapers into the blackness of 
the night, and gaining the shelter of the nearest jungle, to 
suspend the tray from a tree which had been seJected for the 
purpose during the day (in the present case the tree was a 
specimen of the Pete: belalang). The ceremony was now at an 
end, and a white ant which settled upon some of the offerings 
was hailed as a sign that the spirits had accepted the offering. 
I may add that the ceremony commenced at about 8 p.m. 
and lasted a full hour and a half, and that fourteen people were 
present, seven males and seven females, which was the exact 
number prescribed by the Pawang. 
The following were the charms used by this Pawang 
(1). Menjapai ayer, the water charm, which ran as follows:— 
Assalam Aleikum sekalian Jin Islam 
Aleikum Selam ka-depan 
Menyahut sekalien Malaikat 
Minta’ piara anak chuchu Adam 
Nabi Khailir yang memegang ayer ini 
Jalan yang kabaikan 
Yang mengubahkan Mohamad * ini 
Mengilangkan penyakit dalam badan si Anu 
Dengan berkat laillah hailallah, etc 
(2). When filling the tray he repeats the following words:— 
Ta’ siku tita’ 
Indai siku dindai 
Aku tahu asal kau jadi 
Deripada kepala ribut yang besar 
* This of course is the name given by the Pawang to himself. So if 
the Pawang is a woman she calls herself Fatimah, (doubtless after the daugh- 
ter of the prophet). 
