Pagan races of the Malay Peninsula - Sabrizain.org

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WEAPONS AND IMPLEMENTS
the base, from which they gradually tapered to a very
fine and sharp point. The base was inserted into a
conical butt-end of " kayu tutu " ^ (which is very porous
and light), the dart there measuring about i in. (25 mm.)
in length and one-third of an inch (8 mm.) in diameter.
The points of the dart had been dipped for about five-
sixths (21 mm.) of an inch in Ipoh poison. This latter
is made by taking the sap of the Upas creeper, the
Upas tree (or " kyas "),- " tuba," and limes, which are
then bruised, boiled, and strained. Arsenic is added,
and other substances, such as " pachet," ^ " jimardes," *
" malai," and " gadong," are also sometimes added as
well. The liquid, which is called " ipoh," having been
thus prepared, has the colour and consistency of
prepared opium ("chandu"). An incision is made
round the point of the dart just above the poison to
ensure its breaking off and remaining in the wound.
Each dart is kept (ready for immediate service) in a
reed or case of bamboo, the diameter of which is about
one-fourth of an inch (6 mm.). Fifty of these reeds
are laid side by side and united by strings. They are
then rolled up and inserted into a large quiver, which
is also made of bamboo, and which has a neat lid made
from the wood of the "jelotong." This quiver con-
tains, in addition, a quantity of the wadding (" barok "),
which is of a very light, spongy character, and is
also used as tinder, which these tribes extract from a
tree called "runut."" When the dart has been inserted
into the blowpipe a little " barok " is introduced behind
it. When the operator blows into the blowpipe, this
substance is pressed against the butt-end of the dart,
1 Sic, ? "l\ito'k" = //idlsi:us macro- * Sic? Unidentified.
phyllus. ^ J. I. A. vol. i. p. 272 seqq.
2 " Kyas" = "kayas"(" ipoh kayu"). "^ 6"jV, ? " rengut.
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Sic, ?"pcrachet," q.v.
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