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312 WEAPONS AND IMPLEMENTS part ii
(8) " Gengang "—a kind of large millipede.
(9) The "teeth" ("lemoyn") of tigers, centipedes,
and snakes.
When the sap of the Upas creeper was used
instead of, or in conjunction with, that of the tree
Upas, the roots of the creeper were simply grubbed
up and shredded. When the sap of the tree Upas was
used, the collector, using his jungle-knife ("parang"),
would slash the outer bark of the Upas (a tall forest
tree growing sometimes to 100 feet in height),
making V-shaped incisions, at the lowest point of
each of which the sap would naturally accumulate,
which was accordingly drawn off at will. When the
scar was healed (but not before) a fresh supply of
sap may be obtained by slashing the bark in a fresh
place. Each new incision was generally made a little
higher up than the last, and I have seen a tree covered
with the scars, the highest of which perhaps reached
a distance of at least 30 or 40 feet from the ground.
The sap thus collected was gradually reduced by
long and patient boiling, as among the Sakai, to
the consistency of treacle, and when sufficiently
inspissated, was poured off into a small bamboo
poison-tube called "jelok," which is carefully stoppered
with a wooden stopper until required for use. Bellamy
{I.e.) says that prepared opium ("chandu") is also
sometimes added.
Poisoning the Dart.
When the time arrived, the poison was applied to
the dart -point as usual, forming a thick clot about
the point, and an entire quiverful of darts having
been poisoned, they were at once deposited upon a
highly ingenious drying rack or stand, and placed in