Plate 24.—Fig. 1. Weather Chart.
Weather chart used by Malays for foretelling the weather during a whole year.
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!
“The loser is often fined in addition to suffering the loss of his stakes (one-half of which goes to the Raja). He also has to pay the customary fees, namely, $6.25 for the use of the balei, $12.50 to the krani, and $5 to each of the boys.