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he wouhi form some written characters with 

 it, he placed it again upon tlie candlestick. 

 All this ceremony was accompanied with 

 the recitation of long formularies , some 

 being delivered in a high voice, fionie in a 

 low voice. The king spent about one hour 

 in repeating three times over the whole of 

 this ceremony, and finally he took the 

 candle, and put its lighted end into the 

 water; which ended the ceremony. Then 

 his Majesty began again smoking opium 

 until he smoked himself asleep. The next 

 day, 1 asked niy Malay coolies the meaning 

 of such superstitious practices ; they an- 

 swered that it is a Malay physic, and that 

 the king intended to cure his grandchild 

 who was dangerously sick, a few mdes 

 further in the valley. They added that such 

 remedies are much used by Malays against 

 every kind of sickness. They appeared 

 themselves to he convinced (hat the worst 

 * sickness cannot withstand it, if the cere- 



