“5. _Batu krang jiranau_, or petrified root-stock of _jiranau_ (a zingiberad?). They told us this is the Dyak name of a kind of wild ginger. The word is curiously near to _jerangau_, or _jeringu_, which Ridley says is _Acorus calamus_, ‘a plant much used by native medicine-men’ (Wilkinson, ‘Malay-English Dictionary’). The thing so called was possibly part of the backbone of some animal, bent double and the two ends tied together, each vertebra brown and shining after long use. A charm for dysentery and indigestion, and also for consumption. It is dipped in oil and rubbed on the patient’s body in a downward direction. “6. _Batu ilau_, or sparkling stone, also called _batu kras_, or the hard stone. A six-sided crystal, two inches long and three-quarters of an inch thick. One end appeared to have been formerly stuck into some sort of handle, as it was covered with _malau_, or lac. This is the indispensable sight-stone to be looked into for a view of that which is future, or distant, or otherwise invisible to the ordinary eyes. It is specially used by _manangs_ for discovering where the soul of the sick man, wandering away from the body, is concealing itself, or for detecting the particular demon who is causing the illness. “There were also, jumbled up together at the bottom of the bag, a number of tusks of wild boar, pebbles, and other rubbish, but these were pronounced to be _utai ngapa_—things of no importance. One article that we hoped to find was absent. Dasu said he should be glad indeed to have it, but it had never come in his way. It is the _batu burung endan_, or pelican stone. He explained to us that this is a stone which has the magical power of securing the presence and co-operation of a spirit who dwells in the form of the _endan_ (_Pelicanus malaccensis_). When the _manang_ is seeking to enter _Sabayan_, the spirit-world, in search of the errant soul of a sick man, this demon can insure to him a swift and unimpeded passage thither and back again. “While Dasu was telling us the story of his vision of the tortoise spirit who gave him the _batu bintang_, I watched his face carefully for any sign that he believed or did not believe his account. I could not be sure, but I am inclined to think he did not. He seemed relieved when we had finished our examination of his possessions, and he could pack them all up and carry them off to the security of his own dwelling. “Several similar collections of charms have at different times been given to me, obtained from _manangs_ who have become Christians, but it was particularly interesting to me to have a set actually in use exhibited and explained by their owner.” The Dyak medicine-man, either by means of medicines, or by the use of charms, or by his incantations, is supposed to be able to cure all diseases. But, as I have said, the two terrible epidemics of cholera and smallpox are beyond his powers. No witch-doctor will approach any case of these, however well he may be paid.