BLACK ART IN MALAY MEDICINE 81 



To' Mindok tells the pitM to find out for certain 

 whether the f^ick man's illness is due to disease or to the 

 work of a devil. 



The pitiri takes a lighted candle, gazes at the flame, 

 throws two or three grains of toasted rice at it, and 

 finally extinguishes it as a sign that he now knows 

 exactly what the cause of the illness is. He reports 

 accordingly to the To' Mindok, and is directed to set to 

 work ; but a good deal of coaxing k required of the To' 

 Mindok at this stage before the p^t^ actually begins to 

 operate. At last the pMri crawls towards the sick man, 

 who is reclining near by, and sucks, or pretends to suck, 

 about the body of the patient until he has located the 

 seat of the disease. Sometimes he puts the great toe of 

 the sick man into his mouth and really sucks it. As 

 soon as he has located the site of the aflSiction by means 

 of this leech-craft he chants an incantation or spell 

 called the haTigkitan, by which either the demon wiU be 

 exorcised or the disease itself will be cast out. 



The Exorcism of the To* Bomor PfiTfiRi. 

 0 Universe the World of Adam ! 



Earth was made from a clod taken from an eddy of Heaven, 



Water from Heaven s river, 



Fire from the fumes of Hell, 



Air from the four elements, 



From Di came first hnman skin and hair, 



From Wadi came fiesh and blood, • 



From Mani came bones and sinews, 



From Maniham came life and seed. 



Human skin and hair were created by the Archangel Gabriel, 

 * Flesh and blood by the Archangel Michael, 

 Sinews and bones by the Archangel Asrafil, 

 Life and seed by the Archangel AzraeL 

 Where ta this jin lodging and taking shelter % 

 Where is he lodging and crouching ? 

 Jin t if thou art in the feet of my patient 

 Know that his feet are moved by God and by the Prophet, 

 If thou art in the stomach of my patient 

 His stoBiach is God's aea, the sea too of Muhammad, 



