Another form of "propitiation" (buang-buangan limas) ceremony consists in loading a limas with the offerings. The limas is a receptacle of about a span (sa-jengkal) in length, made of banana-leaf folded together at the ends and skewered with a bamboo pin. Inside it are deposited the offerings, which consist of the following articles: a chupak (half cocoa-nutful) of "parched" rice, a set of three, five, or seven bananas, a "pinch" (sa-jemput) of "saffron" rice, a pinch of "washed" rice, a native cigarette (rokok), an egg, a wax taper, two "chews" of betel-leaf, and a betel-leaf twisted up into the shape of a spiral (pantat siput). One (at least) of the two "chews" of betel must be specially prepared, as it is to be left behind for the spirits to chew, whilst the other is taken back into the presence of the sick man, where the medicine-man chews it and ejects the chewed leaf (di-sembor) upon the "small" of the sick man's back. In the case of the "chew" which is left behind for the spirits, the ordinary portion of betel-nut must be replaced by nutmeg, the gambier by mace, and the lime by "oil of Celebes" (minyak Bugis). When the ceremony of loading the limas is complete, it is carried down to the nearest river or sea, and there set adrift with the following words:-- "Peace be with you, Khailir (Khizr), Prophet of God and Lord of water, Maduraya is the name of your sire, Madaruti the name of your mother, Si Kekas the name of their child; Accept this present from your younger brother, Si Kekas, Cause him no sickness or headache. Here is his, your younger brother's, present." Here the limas is set adrift, and the water underneath it scooped up and carried home, where it is used for bathing the sick man. Another very simple form of "propitiation" is called ambang-ambangan, and is performed as follows:-- Take seven "chews" of betel-leaf, seven native cigarettes (rokok), seven bananas, an egg, and an overflowing chupak (half cocoa-nutful) of parched rice (ber'tih sa-chupak abong), [663] roll them all up together in a banana leaf (which must be a cubit in length and of the same variety of banana as the first), and deposit them in a place where three roads meet (if anything "a little way along the left-hand road of the three,") and repeat this charm:-- "Jembalang Jembali, Demon of the Earth, Accept this portion as your payment And restore So-and-So. But if you do not restore him I shall curse you with the saying, 'There is no god but God,'" etc. The above ceremony is generally used in the case of fever complaint.