1. If the water is perfectly still it is a bad sign. 2. If it is a little disturbed it is a good sign. 3. If the rice floats in a line across the sun's path (berator melintang matahari) it is a fatal sign. 4. If you see a solitary grain travelling by itself (bersiar) you may know the sickness to be caused by the making of an image (buatan orang). 5. If the parched rice travels towards the right of the jar the patient will recover quickly. 6. If it travels towards the left of the jar he will recover, but slowly. 7. If, however, it floats right underneath the candle it is generally a fatal sign. Next, see what patterns are formed by the rice-grains as they lie on the water:-- 1. If they take the shape either of a boat or a crocodile, this means that the spirit demands the launching of a spirit-boat (lanchang). 2. If they take a square shape, a tray of offerings (anchak) is demanded. 3. If they take the shape of a house, a 'state-hall' (balei) is demanded. Now take all kinds of fragrant flowers and shred them (buat bunga rampai), add the shredded blossoms of four which are scentless (for instance, blossoms of the selaguri, pulut-pulut, bali-adap, and kedudok), mix them and throw them into the jars, then plant in each jar the flower-spathe of an areca-palm (mayang pinang). Throw into each a "jar-stone" (i.e. a dollar), and the jars will be ready. You should then read the foregoing charms over each of them. The extra jar which is filled with a sort of big nosegay (gumba) represents a pleasure-garden (taman bunga), and is intended to attract the soul (semangat) of the sick man. Now take parched rice and hold it over the incense (di-ganggang) saying:-- "Peace be with you, O Wheat, You I wish to command, your co-operation I invoke In 'inspecting' the sickness of So-and-so. Break neither plighted faith nor solemn promise, But inspect the sickness of this grandson of Adam, This follower of the Prophet Muhammad, of the race of the sons of men, So-and-so; If anything should supervene, Do you 'stir' within this pure heart (of mine)." Now scatter the parched rice upon the surface of the water in the jars, and watch for the signs:-- 1. If the rice is lumped together (bulat or berlubok) it is a good sign. 2. If it extends itself crosswise (panjang melintang) it is a bad sign. 3. If it takes the shape of a spirit-boat (lanchang) you must make a spirit-boat; that is what is wanted. 4. If it keeps travelling either to the left or the right, it is a stream-spirit (anak sungei) which has affected the patient. 5. If it takes the shape of a crocodile, or anything of that sort, it is an earth-spirit (puaka) which has affected the patient. The most popular method of propitiating evil spirits consists in the use of the sacrificial tray called Anchak.