[188] This is hardly an accurate description of the temporary shed in which ma’iong people perform. Seven among the Malays, as with other Orientals, is the mystic number. [↑]
[189] Selangor Journal, vol. ii. No. 26, pp. 423–429. [↑]
[190] If the performance is to last for more than one or two nights, a proper shed (bangsal) may be erected. [↑]
[191] The third is for the Jin Puteh, or “White Genie,” and the fourth for the Jin Hitam, or “Black (Earth) Genie.” [↑]
[192] The Malay account of this ceremony with the text of the charms used will be found in App. [ccxxiv]. seqq. [↑]
[193] Vide J.R.A.S., S.B., No. 2, p. 163. [↑]
[194] J. D. Vaughan in J.I.A., quoted in Denys, Desc. Dict. of Brit. Mal., s.v. Puppet Shows. [↑]
[196] Even wild beasts, it is said, can be stopped in this way; see Beast Charms, p. 156, supra. [↑]
[197] Vide Eagle-wood tree, Camphor, Fishing, etc., supra. [↑]