even when one coolie is waking another, he does so with the greatest gentleness,
calling him softly by his name in an ever varying tone until he has succeeded in
awaking him. Rajas and Chiefs are never aroused until they wake naturally. The
European passion of being called in the morning is regarded by the Malays as
only one more symptom of the madness which is known to possess these
people.^7
1
Em. Supaya. ↑
2
Em. Mikail. ↑
3
i.e. ʿAzrail: so infra in iv. ↑
4
Em. Kemalu-’l-hakim, i.e. Lukmanu-’l-hakim. ↑
5
Qu. Disitu. ↑
6
Em. Berusul. ↑
7
Hikayat Raja Budiman, Part ii. No. 3, p. 35, Publications of the Straits Branch of the Royal
Asiatic Society. For other charms connected with the Soul vide infra Chap. VI. esp. secs, ccxiii,
ccxiv, cclxv, cclxxv. ↑