FIG. 2. DIAGRAM.
A magic diagram in the author’s possession, which is intended to represent the various parts of
the human anatomy, e.g. the heart and the lungs.
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“The Perak Malays believe this to be an infallible test of the truth of a cause. The
boy who holds the false declaration is half-drowned, they say, as soon as his
head is under the water, whereas the champion of the truth is able to remain
below until the bystanders drag the post out of the river with the boy still
clinging to it. Such is the power of the truth backed by the sacred names and
persons invoked!