"Bujang ('single,' 'solitary,' and hence in a secondary sense 'unmarried') is a Sanskrit word bhujangga, 'a dragon.' 'Bujang Malaka,' a mountain in Pêrak, is said by the Malays of that State to have been so called because it stands alone, and could be seen from the sea by traders who plied in old days between the Pêrak river and the once flourishing port of Malacca. But it is just as likely to have been named from some forgotten legend in which a dragon played a part. Dragons and mountains are generally connected in Malay ideas. The caves in the limestone hill Gunong Pondok, in Pêrak, are said to be haunted by a genius loci in the form of a snake who is popularly called Si Bujang. This seems to prove beyond doubt the identity of bujang with bhujangga. [23] The snake-spirit of Gunong Pondok is sometimes as small as a viper, and sometimes as large as a python, but he may always be identified by his spotted neck, which resembles that of a wood-pigeon (tekukur). Landslips on the mountains, which are tolerably frequent during very heavy rains, and which, being produced by the same cause, are often simultaneous with the flooding of rivers and the destruction of property, are attributed by the natives to the sudden breaking forth of dragons (naga), which have been performing religious penance (ber-tapa) [24] in the mountains, and which are making their way to the sea." [25] So, too, many waterfalls and rocks of unusual shape are thought to owe their remarkable character to the agency of demons. This, however, is a subject which will be treated more fully later on. "Palangi, the usual Malay word for the rainbow, means 'striped.' The name varies, however, in different localities. In Pêrak it is called palangi minum [26] (from a belief that it is the path by which spirits descend to the earth to drink), while in Penang it is known as ular danu ('the snake danu'). In Pêrak, a rainbow which stretches in an arch across the sky is called bantal ('the pillow '), for some reason that I have been unable to ascertain. [27] When only a small portion of a rainbow is visible, which seems to touch the earth, it is called tunggul ('the flag'), [28] and if this is seen at some particular point of the compass--the west, I think--it betokens, the Pêrak Malays say, the approaching death of a Raja. Another popular belief is that the ends of the rainbow rest upon the earth, and that if one could dig at the exact spot covered by one end of it, an untold treasure would be found there. Unfortunately, no one can ever arrive at the place." [29] "Sunset is the hour when evil spirits of all kinds have most power. [30] In Pêrak, children are often called indoors at this time to save them from unseen dangers. Sometimes, with the same object, a woman belonging to the house where there are young children, will chew kuniet terus (an evil-smelling root), supposed to be much disliked by demons of all kinds, and spit it out at seven different points as she walks round the house.