relieved to find his soul still in his own possession. ↑
209
See J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 7, pp. 19, 20. ↑
210
J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 7, pp. 26–28. In Selangor “Kursĕmangat, tuboh budak ini,” “My soul! the
body of the boy,” or some such phrase is occasionally used. ↑
211
J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 7, p. 27. ↑
212
Examples are:—(1) the burning of incense ... (vide Medicine, pp. 410 seqq. and elsewhere,
passim); (2) the inspection of the water in the “Three Jars” ceremony, ibid.; (3) the scattering
of parched rice, ibid.; (4) the application of the “Rice-Paste” (tĕpong-tawar) ceremony (vide
Marriage, Fishing, etc.); (5) the sound of water struck by a canoe paddle (vide Crocodile-
catching); (6) the manner of falling of the filed-off portion of a tooth (vide Adolescence); (7)
the whisper of the sap in the bark of a gharu-tree, when the latter is struck by a cutlass (vide
Vegetation Charms), and a host of others. ↑
213
My informant did not make it plain whether the same charm was repeated on each of these
three occasions, or whether a different charm was used in each case. Probably the latter would
be the more correct course. ↑
214
Swettenham, Malay Sketches, pp. 201–207. ↑
215
Hall. ↑
216
Clerk. ↑
217
J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 3, pp. 30, 31. Ordeals by immersion of the hands in boiling oil or molten tin
are also mentioned in the old Johor Code of Laws. Vide Crawford, Dict. of Ind. Isl., s.v.
Ordeal. ↑
218
A number of these diagrams, all of which are in the author’s possession, are shown in the
illustrations to this section. They seem to be closely connected with the system of “magic
squares,” which has probably come to Europe from the East. ↑