14. _Betiti tendai_ (“walking on the _tendai_”): The _tendai_ is the bar on which cotton is placed when being spun. This bar is oiled and placed in the middle of the public veranda, and the _manang_, armed with a chopper in each hand, walks on it in order to “catch the soul” of the patient. 15. _Beremaung_ (“acting the tiger”): In the middle of each family’s portion of the public veranda is placed a wooden mortar, and the _manang_ prowls round them to “catch the soul” of the patient. 16. _Betukup rarong_ (“to split open the coffin”): A _manang_ is put in a coffin, and by his side are put miniature articles, supposed to represent the utensils used in daily life. The other _manangs_ walk round, and attempt to “catch the soul” of the sick man. When they have succeeded in doing this, the coffin is split open and the _manang_ gets out. These are the different kinds of _manang_ ceremonies known, but only the first four are in common use. The others are rarely resorted to nowadays. In addition to these must be mentioned the _Munoh Antu_, or _Bepantap Buyu_ (“killing the demon,” or “wounding Buyu”). Buyu is the name of the evil spirit who brings many diseases and causes miscarriage in women. When there is some unusual or obstinate disease, or when a woman has had miscarriage, the _manangs_ declare that Buyu is the cause of the trouble, and must be killed. A large number of witch-doctors are called together, and the feat is performed in this way: The patient is taken out of the room, and laid on the common veranda, and covered with a net. In the room is placed an offering of food, and the _manangs_ walk in procession up and down the whole length of the house, chanting their incantations, and inviting the evil spirit to come to his victim, and also to partake of the sumptuous repast that is prepared for him. This occupies some time, for the spirit may be far away, on a journey, or fishing, or hunting. All lights are extinguished, and in the darkness the _manangs_ walk up and down the public hall of the Dyak house. At intervals one of them peeps in at the door to see if the spirit has arrived. In due time the demon comes, and then the _manangs_ themselves enter the darkened room. Presently sounds of scuffling, of clashing of weapons, and of shouting are heard by the Dyaks outside. Soon after the door is thrown open, and the demon said to be dead. He was cheated into coming to torment his prey, and instead of a weak and helpless victim he met the crafty and mighty _manangs_, who have done what ordinary mortals cannot do—attacked and killed him. As a proof of the reality of the deed lights are brought in, and the _manangs_ point to spots of blood on the floor, and occasionally to the corpse itself in the shape of a dead monkey or snake, which they say was the form the spirit took for the occasion. The trick is a very simple one. Some time in the day the _manangs_ procure blood from a fowl or some other animal, or it may be from their own bodies,