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Shuetm, Jin, Fart, Dtwet, Mamhang, Raksasif, 

 Gargagi, Pvlmg, Hattttt, Ptmmgalatt, and Pon^ 

 ifamk" Of these, S/ntetm h the devil pf the 

 Orientals, the Jht, Fan, are Genii, or Spirits, 

 the liatHu, and PoNimmtk are a sort of spectres, 

 and the Penan^alan and Polong have been alrea- 

 dy described. 



At tlie 320th page of this work I have already 

 mentioned a champion at Singaporaof the name of 

 Badang, who was remarkable for featsof strength. 

 The Annals* record that he obtained this power 

 from a Hantu, who was in the habit of destroy- 

 ing his master & property, and whom he caught 

 one evening on his emersion from the sea, and 

 overcame. The llaiUit, in order to obtain his 

 release, promised to communicate to Badang any 

 power which he might demand. The latter, af- 

 ter some deliberation, required supernatural 

 strength, whereon the spectre told him that he 

 should receive it, but that it was necessary for 

 him, in order to its obtention, to lick up whatso^ 

 ever he should vomit. Badang agreed to the 

 terms, and, according to the Annals, the Hantu 

 gave him no cause to accuse him of leniency. 

 Notwithstanding the Herculean quautity, the as^ 

 pirant \qt bodily strength was nothing daunted ; 

 but, having taken the previous precaution of hold- 

 ing the spectre firmly by the beard, performed 

 his nauifeous ta^^k, and released his prisoner on 

 finding the virtue implanted in him. 



The writer of the article on " Magic among 

 the Malays,*' states that the Pontiatwk - are 

 the children born of people after death/* This 



• I*ytlen*B Malay Aanftb, p. OU 



