PLATE 2.—SPIRITS.Models of the White and Black Genii (Jin Puteh and Jin Hitam)Page 94.Altogether there are one hundred and ninety of these (Black?) Genii—more
strictly, perhaps, one hundred and ninety-three, which coincides curiously with
the number of “Mischiefs” (Badi), which reside in “all living things.” The
resemblance, I may add, does not end here; for though the Genii may do good,
and the “Badi” do not, both are considered able to do infinite harm to mortals,
and both make choice of the same kind of dwelling-places, such as hollows in
the hills, solitary patches of primeval forest, dead parasites on trees, etc. etc.