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THE SUPERSTITIONS OF THE 3IISfTIRA, 
tain summits are also wishing places, because each has its good spirit. 
When a person goes to a wishing place, he carries with him two 
wliite fowls, and all the different articles of food in use. The latter 
he places in a sort of flat basket or tray made of rattans, which lie 
suspends from a tree, or places on the highest point of the summit. 
He then kills one of the fowls, placing it on the tray, and sets the 
other free. He now silently addresses to the spirit of the mountain 
all the wishes that he has at heart. This done, he prepares and eats 
a meal on the spot. If what has been desired at the wishing place 
does not come to pass, it is revisited a second and a third time ; after 
which, if the wish still remains ungratified, it is considered that the 
spirit is not favorable to the wisher, and he therefore repairs to ano¬ 
ther mountain spirit. 
SUPERSTITIONS OF CULTIVATION. 
It was mentioned (p. 255) that the Binua, on commencing a new 
ladang, make offerings to the Jin BumL A Minting when lie has re¬ 
solved on abandoning his old ladang, searches for a good locality. 
Having obtained one, it remains to be ascertained whether the su¬ 
pernatural powers are favorable to his occupying it. This he does 
by attending to his first dream after selecting it. Should be dream oi 
being chased by a dog, or by an enemy, or of entering ivater, or of wa¬ 
ter flooding the locality, or of any other incident which is considered a 
bad omen, he proceeds to seek for another spot. The favorable omens 
are to dream of felling or. climbing trees, ascending a hill, or of 
growing plants See. When his dream gives him assurance that he 
has selected a fortunate place, he repairs to it, takes a little siri, 
repeats a charm over it, chews it, and then spits or rather blows it 
out of his mouth (sdmbor) towards the four cardinal points. The 
fcankal used is the following: Uina pemuka mulut pemuka aku buka- 
la blia di-ilir dibila old blia aku raemlmang seitan jato bliinto bulum 
ko tawar aku membuang bisa sditan minta buangkan minta jaukau 
segala seitan. (Uma,* the opener of the mouth, the opener I, open, 
young man towards the lower part of the stream. Let it [the place] 
: A clearing for paddy ou hilly or dry ground. 
