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and the tops are cutoff. A few of the whitest stalks are then selected and carried 
separately to the field. Ayer bedak, a fragrant cosmetic dissolved in water, is now 
sprinkled over the ground in order to propitiate the spirit of the paddy ; the Malayan 
Ceres, for whom the Malays have no distinct appellative but express their meaning 
by the words, Samangat Padi , — the Chaba Yendai of the Burmese— which implies 
that the spirit of the paddy vanishes through terror when not conciliated. 
******* 
The paddy-planter is provided with a short stick, with a fork at the end. Hav- 
ing inserted from five to nine stalks or plants into this fork, he pushes it down into 
the mud, to the depth of from 3 to 6 inches according to the nature of the soil. 
Superstition enjoins that decorum should be observed during that operation and that 
no one should speak during the planting of every seven bunches. These bunches are 
Padi Puchuk Nipah, 
Perak. 
„ Puteh (white rice), 
do. 
„ Rami, 
do. 
Rantek, 
do. 
,, Riang, 
do. 
,, Sabunyi, 
do. 
,, Sakai, 
do. 
,, Sakapoi, 
,, Samajadi, 
do. 
do. 
„ Santap Bohong, 
do, 
,, Sarendah, 
do. 
,, Sarendah Krian, 
do. 
,, Serai, 
do. 
,, Serob, 
do. 
„ Si Anteh Puteh, 
do. 
,, Sibaris, 
do. 
,, Sri Menjadi, 
do. 
,, Sri Patani, 
do. 
„ Sungkai Padang, 
do. 
„ Telor Belalang lit. 
grasshopper eggs), 
do. 
,, Tongkat (lit. walking stick 
nee), 
do. 
„ Tongkat Jelapang, 
do 
,, LJlat Batu Sahara, 
do. 
Pulut Bincha, 
do. 
,, Che’ Besan, 
Malacca. 
„ Bintang (star rice), 
Perak. 
,, Bising Datang, 
do. 
r j 
,, Bunga Machang, 
„ Bunga Tebu, 
„ Darat Belut, 
„ Gading, 
„ Galah, 
„ Gendang, 
„ Hijau (green rice), 
,, Hitam (black rice), 
n Hitam Penawar, 
, Hitam Kadudok, 
,, Jarum, 
- J an ggut, 
, Jawa, 
ing fast and well. 
, Kapor, 
Katumbak, 
Kemenyan, 
Kuching Lekat, 
Lebai, 
Lilin, 
Lupa, 
Mengkawan, 
Merah, 
Minyak, 
Rambutan, 
Selangor, 
Tanjung, 
Pandan, 
Pipit, 
Pisang, 
Rendu, 
Samat, 
Santap Mahang, 
Selam Babi, 
Senotak Otak, 
Sepah Petri, 
Changgai Puteh, 
Soh (Sauh), 
Sutra, 
Telor, 
Tali, 
Taring Pelandok. 
Wangi. 
Negri Sembilan. 
Perak, 
do. 
do, 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
Malacca. 
Perak. 
Negri Sembilan. 
Perak, 
T . ^ P g V Th f best and sweetest smelling form, grow- 
fhe only Pulut made into Ltmang , a national dish 
from Perak, 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
Malacca. 
Perak. 
Negri Sembilan. 
Negri Sembilan and Malacca. 
Perak. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
Negri Sembilan. 
Perak and Negri Sembilan. 
Perak. 
do. 
Malacca. 
do. 
