(a) Air
1. WIND AND WEATHER CHARMS
Not the least important attribute of the Malay magician in former days was his power of controlling the weather—a power of which Malay magic incantations still preserve remarkable traces.
Thus when the wind fails and the sails of a boat are flapping (kalau layer k’lepek-k’lepek), a Selangor magician would not unfrequently summon the wind in the following terms:—
“Come hither, Sir, come hither, my Lord,
Let down your locks so long and flowing.”
And if the wind is contrary he would say:—
“Veer round, Wind, a needle or twain (of the compass),
A needle to (let me) fetch Kapar.[1]
However heavy the merchandise that I carry unassisted,