[58] The custom of building a fire beside the mother is practised among the Malay, Jakun and Mantri of the Peninsula. In India, the practice of keeping a fire beside the newborn infant, in order to protect it from evil beings, is widespread. See _Tawney_, Kathá Sarit Ságara, Vol. I, pp. 246, 305, note; Vol. II, p. 631 (Calcutta, 1880). According to _Skeat_ (Malay Magic, p. 343), the Malay keep the fire burning forty-four days. The custom is called the "roasting of the mother." The same custom is found in Cambodia (see Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. III, pp. 32, 164, 347; Vol. VIII, p. 32). [59] This may be related to the Malay custom of fumigating the infant (see _Skeat_, _op. cit._, p. 338). [60] The following names are typical of this last class. For boys: Ab'beng, a child's song; Agdalpen, name of a spirit; Baguio, a storm; Bakileg, a glutton; Kabato, from _bato_, a stone; Tabau, this name is a slur, yet is not uncommon; it signifies "a man who is a little crazy, who is sexually impotent, and who will mind all the women say;" Otang, the sprout of a vine; Zapalan, from _zapal_, the crotch of a tree. For girls: Bangonán, from _bangon_, "to rise, to get up;" Igai, from _nigai_, a fish; Giaben, a song; Magilai, from _gilai_ the identifying slit made in an animal's ear; Sabak, a flower; Ugot, the new leaf. [61] In Madagascar children are oftentimes called depreciative names, such as Rat, with the hope that evil spirits will leave tranquil an infant for which the parents have so little consideration (_Grandidier_, Ethnologie de Madagascar, Vol. II). [62] In Selangor, a sick infant is re-named (_Skeat_, _op. cit._, p. 341). [63] _Reyes_, Filipinas articulos varios, 1st ed., pp. 144-5 (Manila, 1887). [64] The Malay of the Peninsula bathe both mother and child morning and evening, in hot water to which certain leaves and blossoms are added. It is here described as an act of purification (_Skeat_, _op. cit._, pp. 334-5). [65] Also called _salokang_ (cf. p. 310). [66] Filipinas articulos varios, p. 144. [67] _F. De Lerena_, _Ilustracion Filipina_, No. 22, p. 254 (Manila, Nov. 15, 1860). An equally interesting account of Tinguian procedure at the time of birth will be found in the account of _Polo De Lara_, Islas Filipinas, tipos y costumbres, pp. 213, _et seq._ [68] In San Juan. Ibal is always held in six months, unless illness has caused an earlier celebration. At this time the liver of a pig is carefully examined, in order to learn of the child's future. [69] In Likuan this takes place five days after the birth; in Sallapadan it occurs on the first or second day. [70] On the mat are placed, in addition to the medium's regular outfit, a small jar of _basi_, five pieces of betel-nut and pepper-leaf, two bundles of rice (_palay_) in a winnower, a head-axe, and a spear. [71] This is a _dakidak_ (cf. p. 311).