106 MALAY POISONS AND CHABM CUBES 



chapter ; the red lines seem to indicate the legs and feet. 

 The features are curious and perhapi^ partly masked.] 

 Draw again the same figm-e with the toe in the middle 

 of a road ; tm-n on jour heel on the figure's navel, and 

 announce that you are twisting the man's heart. Next 

 take a stick and stab the figure through the heart, and 

 then beat it with the stick. This must be done three 

 times a day. When stabbing and beating the figure the 

 following words are to be repeated :— 



Ittahu pattaku pacJii ah asal menanlL 



This jargon is a jumble of Malay and corrupt Arabic. 

 The practical value of the spell is not very clear. No 

 indication of any personal enemy seems to be given 

 against whom it is directed, and no particular location 

 for the drawing of the figure, such as near the enemy's 

 house, etc., is mentioned. 



Earlier in the book a charm is given for waking heavy 

 sleepers. It is the Charm for Waking," and is 

 intended as a protection against burglars. 



Heigh ! 0 Scribes of Solomon ! I must sleep ; do you watch ; if 

 any one, good or had, coraes here, do not hide or seek cover, but call 

 me with all speed There is but one God and Muhammad is His 

 Prophet ! " 



Repeat it to your pilbw three times, slap your pillow three times, 

 breathe over it three times, and go to sleep. 



King Solomon, '* the master of all wisdom and of all 

 demons,'* had power over the spirits and the animal 

 kingdom ; his name is intimately bound up with the 

 lore of the magician in Semitic and Muslim literature. 

 In Perak the usual form of divination is by means of 

 cards. This kind of fortune-telling, which is older than 

 Sufism, is easier to learn, and no doubt has also been 

 introduced from outside Malaya. 



