Another method, not of recalling the soul, but of stopping it in the act of escaping, is to take a gold ring, not less than a maiam [682] in weight, an iron nail, a candle-nut (buah k'ras), three small cockle-shells, three closed fistfuls of husked rice (b'ras tiga genggam bunyi), and some parti-coloured thread. These articles are all put in a rice-bag, and shaken up together seven times every morning for three days, by which time the soul is supposed to be firmly reseated in the patient's body; then the rice is poured out at the door "to let the fowls eat it." The ring is tied to the patient's wrist by means of a strip of tree-bark (kulit t'rap), and it is by means of this string that the soul is supposed to return to its body. When the shaking takes place the following charm must be recited:-- "Peeling-Knife, [683] hooked Knife, Stuck into the thatch-wall! Sea-demons! Hamlet-demons! Avaunt ye, begone from here, And carry not off the soul of So-and-so," etc. In conclusion, I will give a quotation from Malay Sketches, which is perhaps as good an example as could be given of the way in which the Black Art and the medical performances that in their methods closely resemble it, are regarded by many respectable Malays:-- "One evening I was discussing these various superstitions with the Sultan of Perak, and I did not notice that the spiritual teacher of His Highness had entered and was waiting to lead the evening prayer. The guru, or teacher, no doubt heard the end of our conversation, and was duly scandalised, for the next day I received from him a letter, of which the following is the translation:-- "'First praise to God, the Giver of all good, a Fountain of Compassion to His servants. "'From Haji Wan Muhammad, Teacher of His Highness the Sultan of Perak, to the Resident who administers the Government of Perak. "'The whole earth is in the hand of the Most High God, and He gives it as an inheritance to whom He will of His subjects. The true religion is also of God, and Heaven is the reward of those who fear the Most High. Salvation and peace are for those who follow the straight path, and only they will in the end arrive at real greatness. No Raja can do good, and none can be powerful, except by the help of God, the Most High, who is also Most Mighty.