"Peace be with you, Prophet Noah, to whom belong the trees, And Prophet Elias who planted them. I crave as a boon the leaves of these shrubs To be a drug and a neutralising (power) Within the body, frame, and person of So-and-So. If you (addressing the leaves) refuse to enter (the body of So-and-So), You shall be cursed with my 'curse of the nine countries,' By (the power of) the word 'There is no god but God,'" etc. Whilst reciting the above, stand upright, close to the patient's head, grasping a spear in your left hand. Brandish this spear over the body of the patient, drawing a long breath. [671] This spear must afterwards be ransomed, (say) for forty cents; in default of which payment it is forfeited to the medicine-man. The directions for another form of the ceremony just described ("casting out the mischief"), are as follows:-- Whenever a person is suffering from the influence of a waxen image (such as is described elsewhere), [672] you must rub him (or her) all over with limes in order to "cast out the mischief." These limes must be of seven different kinds, and you will require three of each kind. When you have got them, fumigate them with incense and repeat the appropriate charm, which is practically an appeal addressed to the spirit of the limes to assist in extracting the poisonous principle from the body of the sick man:-- "Peace be with you, O Lelang, We have been brothers from the former time until now, I am fain to order you to assist me in extracting everything that is poisonous From the body and limbs of So-and-So. Break not your solemn promise, Break not your plighted faith, And use not deceit or wiles," etc. Of course the luckless spirit is told that if he does not do exactly as he is bidden he must expect the curse to follow. This charm must be repeated overnight, and early next morning three thicknesses of birah leaves must be laid down (for the patient to stand upon during the lustration). The seven sorts of limes are at the same time to be squeezed into a bowl and divided into three portions. These portions are to be used three times during the day, at sunrise, noon, and sundown respectively, partly for washing off the cosmetics (which are rubbed all over the body), and partly as a medicinal draught or potion. In the morning the cosmetic must be white (bedak puteh lulut), at noon it must be red (bedak merah), and at sundown black (bedak hitam). The "trash" of the limes (after squeezing) is wrapped up in a birah leaf at evening, and either carried out to the sea (into which it is dropped), or deposited ashore at a safe distance from the house. The only special taboo mentioned for this ceremony is that the patient must not during its continuance meet anybody who has come from a distance.