The "call" will occasionally, for some unexplained reason, attract to the spot wild animals such as deer (especially mouse-deer) and tigers. Is it not possible that the story of the lute of Orpheus may have had its origin in some old hunting custom of the kind? The following are specimens of the charms used by the wizard:-- When you are about to start (to decoy pigeons) say-- "It is not I who am setting out, It is 'Toh Bujang Sibor [254] who is setting out." Then sound the decoy-tube (buluh dekut) thrice loudly, and say-- "I pray that they (the pigeons) may come in procession, come in succession, To enter into this bundle [255] of ours." Now set out, and when you reach the conical hut (bumbun) say-- "My hut's name is the Magic Prince, My decoy's name is Prince Distraction, Distraught be ye, O Kapor [256] (pigeon), Distraught be ye, O Puding[3] (pigeon), Distraught be ye, O Sarap[3] (pigeon), Distraught (with desire) to enter our bundle." Or else when you first reach the hut, "take the (leaves of) the branch of a tree which is as high as your head, the leaves of the branch of a tree which is as high as your waist, the leaves of the branch of a tree which is as high as your knee, and the leaves of a tree which is only as high as your ankle-joint. Make them all into a bunch, and with them "flick" the outside of the hut, saying these lines-- "Dok Ding [stands for the] 'Do'ding' Pigeon, Which makes three with the Madukara Pigeon, The twig breaks, and the twig is pressed down, And our immemorial customs are restored." When scattering the rice, say-- "Sift, sift the broken rice-ends, Sift them over the rush-work rice-bag, As one disappears another is invited, Invited and brought down. If you descend not, the Bear-cat (Binturong) shall devour you, If you come not, wild beasts shall devour you, And if you perch on a twig, you shall fall headlong, If you perch on a bough, you shall be killed by a woodcutter, If you perch on a leaf, you shall be bitten by the leaf-snake, If you descend to the ground, you shall be bitten by a venomous serpent, If you fly upwards, you shall be swooped upon by kites and eagles, (That is) if you descend not. Cluck, cluck! souls of Queen Kapor, of Princess Puding, and Handmaid Sarap. Come down and assemble in King Solomon's audience-hall, And put on King Solomon's breast-ornaments and armlets." When sprinkling the rice-paste (tepong tawar) on the uprights at each corner of the railed-off enclosure, say--