But gape (in vain) about the world.
By the grace of,” etc.
Sometimes the crocodile-spirit is requested to act as the forwarding agent in the transaction; thus we find a short lanchang-charm running as follows:—
“Ho, Elder of the Sloping Bank, Jambu Agai,[141]
Receive this (lanchang) and forward it to the River-Bay,
It is So-and-So who presents it.
Sa-rĕkong is the name of the (spirit of the) Bay,
Sa-rĕking the name of the (spirit of the) Cape,
Si ʿAbas, their child, is the rocky islet;
I ask (you) to forward this present at once to the God of Mid-currents.”