viii PEEFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION 



F.L.S., the present Director of the Botanic Gardens, 

 Singapore, "for a very great deal of help, especially in 

 naming most of the plants. The flora of Kelantan'is 

 but httle knomi, and many of the botanical specimens 

 sent to him for identification have found a resting* 

 plac€ in the Herbarium at Singapore, while others 

 have been sent to Kew Gardens. 



I must thank Dr. E. Hanitseh, Ph.B., Director of 

 Raffles' Museum, Singapore, for identifying a lew 

 specimens from the animal kingdom, and as Hon. 

 Secretary of the Straits Branch of the Boyal Asiatic 

 Society, for giving me permission to incorporate my 

 notes on ** Some Superstitious Beliefs Occurring in the 

 Theory and Practice of Malay Medicine " (Joum. 

 No. 65, 1913) in the present work. 



The British Adviser to the Government of Kelantan, 

 my brother officers in this State, and Dr. H. E. Durham, 

 Sc.D., M.B., F.R.C.S., have given me much kindly 

 encouragement and criticism. Mr, R. De Munick, 

 Assistant, Semambu Estate, Kuantan, Pahang, has 

 supphed me with a good deal of interesting information 

 and some botanical specimens which were very valuable 

 as cross-references. I am also indebted to Mr. W. W. 

 Skeat for a good deal of help. 



The " witch-craft " of the medicine-man *' is 

 always of general interest, but the investigation of 

 Malay medicines, poisons, and their antidotes is of 

 special scientific interest. It presents a large field for 

 medical research, the ground of which is hardly broken 

 in the following pages. 



J. D. G. 



Kelaktan, 1915. 



