Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula - Sabrizain.org

CHAP. IV SAVAGE MALAYS OF SELANGOR 215
do not, however, in hunting trust merely to their own
skill, or to that of their dogs, as the following charm,
which was given me by them as a charm of great
efficacy in bringing down monkeys, will show :
The Monkey -Charm.
—
Charm the souls of apes and monkeys,
Souls o( lototig, k'ra, and wa'wd'.
Come ye down—or feed the wild beasts !
Come ye down—or feed the bear-cat I
'Tis the "lemp'rai" stem up-tippling,
'Tis the " lemp'rai " stem down-settling,
'Tis the " kumiiang " stem down-settling I
Forward then, at random stopping
Though one handmaid be short measure
Come ye down, with souls enchanted.
Monkeys, by my spells enchanted.
Lo, it is no dew descending.
But the tears of apes and monkeys,
Tears of lotong, kWa, and wo'iva^.
Maidens, 'tis your souls descending.
Deem ye me some tree-stump walking,
Deem ye me the lightning's shadow.
Though your eyes may see me walking,
Walk I hid, as one smoke-shrouded.
Though I pass, may ye not see me.
The Blandas also occasionally keep wild animals
for future consumption, though they cannot exactly be
said to fatten them. I have seen a young wild pig
kept in this way, a strong cage being built for it
underneath the raised hut -floor of a Blandas man
who lived on the river Langat.
Besisi.—The Besisi of K. Langat, in hunting, still
as a rule use the blowpipe, though in many places it
is fast becoming obsolete. Most of them also are
well provided with spears and jungle-knives, but in a
good many cases one meets with men who hav