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monkey; Lis feet are of a bloodred colour, and the rest of his per- 

 son of a golden hue. He brandishes in one hand the Bludgeon, and 

 in the other the Trap of death, by whose apparition he is attend- 

 ed. When he received his wurrun from Xswara, Sekkra, and 

 Brahma, he repaired to a place where three roads met, and standing 

 there, and licking at the same time two pieces of human bones, 

 which he carried in his mouth, his whole person dripping with 

 blood, he clapped his hands and bawled out so dreadful a cry of 

 triumph and defiance, that even the gods of ten thousand worlds 

 were struck with terror and dismay. When the four guardian 

 gods of the world asked, if there was not any one in the uni verse 

 powerful enough to subdue the demon, they were told that neither 

 Iswara,* nor Brahma, nor Natha, nor Gandharwas, nor Gar un das, 

 nor Saman, nor any Sorcerer could do it. Upon this, the great, 

 the glorious, the wonderful Vishnu took a jungle creeper, which 

 grew on the Rock of Blood in Sayurasla Desey, which is situated 

 beyond seven seas and pronounced over it this charm — Oh Brahma, 

 Oh Siva, Oh Vishnu, Oh Walia, come! Come thou, Hanumanta! 

 Come, all ye gods! Come, all ye demons! Come instantly! I bind, 

 I bind. I confine, I confine. Be bound, be bound. Be confined, 

 be confined. Let this be so. By pronouncing these words he 

 bound and subdued the demon Reeri Yakseya. Therefore by the 

 power of Vishnu, and the overthrow he gave thee that day, I com- 

 pel thee, oh demon Reeri Yakseya, to be bound by my charm. 

 I bind tliee. Be thou bound, bound, bound, j- I order thee to heal 

 at once this disease, which thou hast brought on this human being. 

 Let this be so. 



"This charm is to be pronounced over a thread J or some oil,|| af- 

 terwards the oil must be rubbed over the person, or the thread must be 

 tied round his arm; and the patient will recover from that instant." 



* Iswara, I believe, is another name of Siva. 



f This repetition of the same word is characteristic of most charms, espe- 

 cially in that part in which its virtues are supposed to be concentrated. 



X Whenever threads are mentioned in charms or in any thing else relating to 

 Demonism, Kan-ya Nool threads are meant. 



|| When oil simply is mentioned, it is to be understood of cocoanut oil. But 



