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v CEREMONIES AND CHARMS 175
"When you meet the slot, examine the slot. If it is a little
shortened on one side, the quarry is in some danger ; if it has gone
lame of one hoof, it is a sign that it will be killed within seven
days. " After entering the jungle, and finding the dogs, wait for the
dogs to bark, and then give out this '
cooee '
" Ho !
Si Lanang, Si Lambaun,
Si Ktor, Si Becheh !
Ye Four Herdsmen of the Deer,
Come ye down to meet the dogs.
And refuse not to come down
Or ye shall be rebels unto God, etc.
It is not I who am huntsman,
It is Pawang Sidi (wizard Sidi) that is huntsman ;
It is not I whose dogs these are,
It is Pawang Sakti (the '
magic wizard ') whose dogs these are ;
Let Dang Durai cross the water,
It is only a civet-cat that is left for me.
Grant this by virtue of my teacher, 'Toh Raja
May his art be 1
yet more powerful in my hands.
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virtue of There is no god but God,' " etc.
By
A deer Pawang ('Che Indut) also gave me this
charm for recital when the support (lit. "shoulder") of
the noose is being cut (for which purpose it would
appear that a young tree of the kind called " Delik " is
usually taken).
" The Delik's branches spread out horizontally (at the top), 2
Chop at it, and it will produce roots.
Though its bark is destroyed, a cudgel is still left for people's bones,
Even though it be worked on by the charm Kalinting Bakar." 3
1 ' '
Or, whose art is more powerful
'
Peace be with you, O 'Tap, Prophet of God, in
tv- n mirip " whose ""r ,
P Possibly an allusion to the branching
charge is the Earth.
I ask for this tree (to enable me) to make fast
these toils.'
of the stag's horns. The last two
lines of this charm are obscure.
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3 Another Pawang gave me the
following account, which is much
fuller : "On entering the jungle
'
'
Sir Tuft is the name of our rattan,
'Sir Ring' is the name of our toils."
[The point of this charm is that " Sir
carry the toils with you till you meet Tuft " is an allusion to the origin of
with the slot of the deer, and then ask the rattan rope, which must have come,
for a tree, saying as follows of course, from the " tufted "
creeper