30S THE SUPERSTITIONS OF THE MINTIRA. 
forms of deer. When any one passes, he calls them. When a per¬ 
son is wounded, the Hdntu Pari fastens on the wound and sucks the 
blood. This is the cause of the blood flowing 1 . Amongst the other 
hantus are the Hdntu Chikd (who produces more excruciating pains 
in the abdomen than the Hdntu Kambong) the Hdntu Jhnoi , Hdn¬ 
tu Snldr, and Hdntu Swen. To enumerate the remainder of the 
Hantus would be merely to convert the name of every species of di¬ 
sease known to the Mintira into a proper one. If any new disease 
appeared, it would be ascribed to a Hantu bearing the same name. 
The Poyangs and a few ol^rs only have the power of afflicting and 
destroying men by spells. These are of various kinds, operating in dif¬ 
ferent ways, and rapidly or slowly. The most noted is the tuju .* The 
Poyang takes a little Itlhi sambdng, or wax that lias been found in 
a nest which the bees themselves have abandoned. Over this he 
mutters a spell, and waits his opportunity to menuju , because to en¬ 
sure its success he must not only be able to see the victim, however 
distant, but there must be a strong wind blowing in the direction of 
his residence. When such a wind rises, the Poyang takes the wax, 
places a vessel of water, with a lighted candle or two, before him, 
mutters an incantation and fixes his eyes intently on the water. If 
he can see the image of the victim distinctly in the water, lie throws 
the wax into the air, and the wind instantaneously transports it to the 
victim, who feels as if he were struck by something. Sickness fol¬ 
lows, which is either prolonged or induces speedy death, accor ding 
to the exigency of the spell. 
But it is not upon every one that the spell will operate. Many 
persons by supernatural skill, or by counter spells or charms, 
surround themselves with an invisible fence or wall, which not only 
renders the spell inoperative, but even prevents the Poyfing from see¬ 
ing their image in the water. The use of invocations and charms to 
avert evils and evil powers, natural and supernatural, to counteract in¬ 
cantations, to inflict maladies and calamities, and to excite love ano 
regard, is common. The first consist in general of pcndinding, call® 
• Tuju, menuju, literally, to point* 
