This, the "spirits' audience-chamber" (as it is called), is usually from two to three feet square, and is filled with offerings similar in character to those usually deposited on the sacrificial tray (anchak), with the addition, however, of certain articles which are considered to be specially representative of the miners' food. These articles are sugar-cane, plantains, yams, sweet potatoes, and fish, etc.; all of which should be placed together with the customary offerings in the "spirits' audience-chamber." Outside the "audience-hall," at each of the two front corners, should be placed a red and a white flag and a wax taper; and at each of the two back corners should be placed a taper, making in all four flags and seven tapers. A standard censer (perasapan) must be erected in front of the "audience-chamber," and a second small censer must also be obtained, so that burning incense may be "waved" to and fro underneath the floor of the audience-chamber in order to fumigate it before the offerings are deposited inside it. During the fumigation a charm is recited, in which the assistance of the spirits of certain canonized Muhammadan worthies is invoked, concluding thus:-- "Peace be with you, O White Sheikh, wizard of the virgin jungle, Wizards old, and wizards young, Come hither and share the banquet I have prepared for you. I crave pardon for all mistakes, For all shortcomings I beg pardon in every particular." Then when the tapers are all lighted and the offerings ready, a further charm is recited, which begins as follows:-- "Ho, White Sheikh, king of the virgin jungle, It is you to whom belong all people of the jungle and virgin forest, Do you, whose back is turned towards heaven, Give your orders to all the Elders of the earth and Princes who are here, You who here hold the position of Indra, Come hither and partake of my banquet. I wish to ask for your assistance, I wish to open (excavate) this mine." [473] The chief taboos are the killing of any sort of living creature within the mine; to wear a sarong (Malay skirt); to bring into the mine the skin of any beast; and to wear shoes or use an umbrella within the mine. These are some of the perpetual taboos, but no doubt there are many others. In the case of a sacrifice, however, the white buffalo may of course be killed, not within the mine itself, but still upon its brink; and when this is done, the head is buried, and small portions (which must be "representative" of every part of the carcase) should be taken and deposited in the "audience-chamber."