12 FOLK-LORE AND POPULAR RELIGION OF THE MALAYS, 



a case a few years ago in the village of Sempang, where the 

 beneficial effect was most marked) ; the widespread belief in 

 the power of menuju, that is, doing injury at a distance by 

 magic, in which the Malays believe the wild junglemen 

 especially to be adepts ; the belief in the efficacy of forms of 

 words as love-charms and as a protection against spirits and 

 wild beasts — in fact, an innumerable variety of superstitious 

 ideas exist among Malays, and, of course, it is quite impos- 

 sible even to refer to them all here. I must also leave ta 

 others the task of citing parallels from the folk-lore of other 

 races and can only conclude this paper by expressing the 

 hope that some of the facts I have mentioned, though in 

 themselves trivial, may derive additional Interest from sucb 

 comparisons. 



C. OTTO BLAGDEN, 



