Whilst Bintang Alnasj (Alnash) is the “Wain.” ↑
236
Newbold, op. cit. vol. ii. p. 355. Cf. Colebrooke’s Life and Essays, vol. iii. p. 284. ↑
237
A Shaʿir Rĕjang has been published at Singapore, and for an extract from the Rĕjang of ’Che
Busu, the reader is referred to the Appendix. ↑
238
The MS. here and in the blanks above is defective or illegible. But the prescriptions for the
other days show that the image is to be thrown either in some definite direction or into the
jungle, simply; on each day the thing to be thrown away of course corresponds with the symbol
of the particular day. ↑
239
Newbold, op. cit. vol. ii. pp. 356, 357. ↑
240
Qu. dawar? ↑
241
Newbold, loc. cit. ↑
242
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