"Fish = daun kayu (tree-leaves) or sampah laut (jetsam). Snake = akar hidup (living creeper). Crocodile = batang kayu (tree-log). Seaward compartment of the stakes (bunohan) = kurong." At the close of the ceremony Bilal Umat repeated to me one of the kelong [530] invocations which he had just been making use of, and which ran as follows:-- "Peace be with you, God's Prophet, 'Tap! Peace be with you, God's Prophet, Khizr! Peace be with you, God's Prophet, Noah! Peace be with you, god of the Back-water! Peace be with you, god of the 'Bajau'! Peace be with you, god of Mid-currents! Peace be with you, god of the Yellow Sunset-glow! Peace be with you, Old Togok the Wizard! Peace be with you, O Elder Wizard! It is not I who make you this peace-offering, It is Old Togok the Wizard who makes it. It is the Elder Wizard who makes it, By the order of Old Aur Gading (lit. 'Ivory Bamboo'). By virtue of 'There is no god,'" etc. [531] The following was the charm used by the Pawang at the planting of the first pole of a jermal: [532]-- "Peace be with you, Eldest Wizard, First of Wizards, Allah, And Musa, the Converser with Allah. Sedang Bima, Sedang Buana, Sedang Juara, and King of the Sea, Come let us all together Plant the pole of this jermal." Even when fishing with rod and line, a serapah (invocation) of some sort, such as the following, was generally used:-- "Ho, God of Mid-currents, See that you do not agitate my hook! If my hook is to the left, Do you go to the right. If my hook is to the right, Do you go to the left. If you approach this hook of mine You shall be cursed by the Saying of God," etc. (Before casting the line, a chew of betel-leaf should be thrown into the water.) Another very common rhyming charm would frequently be addressed to the fish:-- "Swallow (lit. receive) the gut of my line, Be it broken sooner than torn from my hands, If you tear it from my hands Your eye shall be plucked out." (d) Fire 1. PRODUCTION OF FIRE "Procuring fire by friction is an accomplishment as common to the Malay as to the North American Indian. The process is, however, slightly different. While the latter resorts to circular friction, the Malay cuts a notch on the converse surface of a bamboo, across which he rapidly rubs another piece cut to a sharp edge. A fine powder is rubbed away and this ignites. Bamboo is also used as a flint with tinder. The all-pervading match, however, is alone used in all districts under foreign influence." [533]