306 ON MINES AND MINERS IN KINTA, PERAK. 
With Malays this appears to be one of the most important 
“nantanyg’’ rules, and to such a length is it carried that 
“ bélachan”’ (shrimp-paste) is not allowed to be brought on to 
a mine for fear it should induce people to bring limes as well, 
lime juice being a necessary adjunct to délachan when prepared 
for eating. - 
Buah rumput or bunga rumput, instead of byi—tin sand. 
Akar or Akar hidop, instead of ular—snake. 
Kunyit imstead of ltpan—centipede. 
Batu puteh instead of tumah.—metallc tin. 
It is important that the ‘ Pawang’ should be a marked man 
as to personal appearance ; for this reason there are certain 
positions of the body which may be assumed by him only 
when on the mine; these attitudes are,—first, standing with 
the hands clasped behind the back, and secondly with the 
hands resting on the hips; this second position is assumed 
when he is engaged in invocating the “spirits” of a mine; 
the pawang takes his station in front of the geng- 
guiang, having a long piece of white cloth in his right hand, 
which he waves backwards and forwards over his shoulder 
three times, each time calling the special hantu whom he 
wishes to propitiate, by name; whilst engaged in this invoca- 
tion his left hand rests on his hip. During the performance 
of any professional duty he is also invariably dressed in a 
black coat, this nobody but the pawang is allowed to wear on 
a mine. These attitudes and the black coat comprise what is 
technically termed the paket pawang. 
The professional duty of the pawang of a mine consists in 
carrying out certain ceremonies, for which he is entitled to 
collect the customary fees, and in enforcing certain rules for 
the breach of which he levies the customary fines. * 
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* About 1878, the principal pawang of the Larut district, one 
Pa’Iram Dam, applied to me as Assistant-Resident to reinstate 
him in the duties and privileges which he had enjoyed under the 
Orang Kaya Mantri and, before him, under Cue Lone J’arrar. 
He described the customary ceremonies and dues to be as fol- 
