Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula - Sabrizain.org

CHAP. VI SAVAGE MALAYS OF MALACCA 319
till the liquor is close to the brim, and one end of a
roll of bamboo shavings (about 4 inches long) is in-
serted in the liquor, the other end being placed in a
special receptacle made of bark, so as to draw off the
poison by suction. The liquor thus drawn off is put
back into the pot and root-shavings of the " umpas
padi," "koopur,"' " prachek,""' " mundess," " chantong
badak," and "gadong"'^ are added. The pot is then
boiled for about ten minutes more, when it is again
set on the stand and skimmed with a kind of woolly
leaf— that of a plant called " chapa-neng." * The
bark receptacle (covered with a species of sieve-
shaped filter) is now set on the ground (underneath
the forked stand on which the pot is resting). A
funnel is made of the woolly leaves referred to, and
the liquor drawn off into the funnel by the suction of
the bamboo shavings (already described), a few fine
punctures being made in the bottom of the funnel to
facilitate the process.^
The pot is then rinsed, the liquor put back, and
the "ipoh"" and "tuba"" added (the latter being
first, however, pounded and mixed in the bark re-
ceptacle with a little liquor from the pot).^
The bark receptacle is then rinsed and the rinsings
added to the pot, together with a pod of chillies
(" Spanish pepper").'*
After ten minutes' boiling the pot is again removed
and set down on the stand, and the process of filtra-
tion repeated in exactly the same manner as before.
' I.e. "kupor" ("akar"). Prob. ^ \".-St. ii. 125.
Jiiilnts »ioiiiccamis,h.,\.\\e:com\wan\\\\i\ " Antiaris toxuaria (Upas tree) or
raspberry. Vox identifications, r-. App. Stiyrhnos tieiite (Upas creeper).
"•* Or "perachet"= 7a(^