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incantation becomes louder and louder until at last he is in a 
perfect frenzy and appears to be quite demented. The excite- 
ment amongst the onlookers increases when the bells of the 
swing begin to tinkle, for this is taken to indicate the presence 
of a spirit in the rattan. Very rarely, the rattan snaps in 
the middle, a calamity indeed, for this denotes the presence 
in the room of an angry spirit: and for the patient there is 
no hope as he inyariably dies within a short time. The 
ceremony, is abruptly stopped and the people return to their 
homes. 
It frequently happens that the spirits invoked by the 
Bayoh in his incantation do not respond to tke satisfaction of 
that person: in which case he will mount the swing and loudly 
invoke the attention of other spirits. This may be repeated 
several times. 
The Rabu and other accessories of a Payun have See 
a minor part to play. When the patient is so ill as to be 
unable to stay on the rattan, he will enter the rabu which is 
then set swinging by the Bayoh. 
-If there is an abun, the patient and the Bayoh some- 
time or other during the evening will enter it and there the - 
Bayoh will “ mingat.” 
As for To Jien, he receives no special attention excepting 
that the patient often enough makes use of him as a chair: 
at other times a naga might be thus used. 
If the patient is a young child who cannot undergo 
the ordinary swinging, it is usual for the Bayoh himself to 
‘swing with the child on his knee. Occasionally in a Payun, 
the Bayoh or the sick man himself will don the dress of a 
savage warrior and brandishing a sword he will execute a war 
dance, formerly a favourite amusement of the Milanos. This 
fascinating byeplay is really of a serious nature, for the Bayoh 
is in combat with the evil spirit which has brought about the 
sickness. 
The band which enlivens the préatedinas comprises five 
‘players with instruments as follows: two large “Tawak,’ two 
drums and a set of ‘Gelinang’ (Kromong of Malays). They 
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