Beam or rafter of the shed. ↑
247
Palm-leaf thatch. ↑
248
Forbes mentions a “palm-leaf fringe” used in certain rites by the Kalangs of Java.—A
Naturalist’s Wanderings, p. 101. ↑
249
“It is quite a common thing in Java to encounter by the wayside near a village, or in a rice-
field, or below the shade of a great dark tree, a little platform with an offering of rice and
prepared fruits to keep disease and blight at a distance and propitiate the spirits.”—A
Naturalist’s Wanderings, Forbes, p. 103. ↑
250
In Selangor this custom is now obsolete.—Sel. Jour. vol. iii. No. 18, p. 294. ↑
251
The derivation of the name of this primitive Malay censer from the Sanskrit çankha (conch
shell) has been pointed out (Maxwell, Malay Manual, p. 32). Forbes notes having seen in a
sacred grove in Java “the remnants of small torches of sweet gums which had been offered.”—
A Naturalist’s Wanderings, p. 97. ↑
252
J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 16, pp. 310–320. ↑
253
Cliff. and Swett., Malay Dict., s.v. Amang: “tourmaline, wolfram, and titaniferous iron-ore are
all called by this name. They are all considered impurities, and tourmaline is the one most
commonly met with.” ↑
254
The Malay was saperti ulat hidup, which would rather mean “like live maggots.”—W.S. ↑
255
Sel. Journ. vol. iii. No. 18, pp. 293, 294. ↑
256
Sel. Journ. vol. iv. No. 2, p. 26. ↑
257
i.e. tin-bearing stratum and stone overlying the ore. ↑
258