New-York tribune., 1904-09-25

hands and without further warning few up n
a tree She Is now to be identified By her long
black hair. her green robe and tapering nails.
but her character Is sufficiently explained when
il is said that her tresses conceal the hole
In the back OF her neck through which she
sucks the blood OF children The Penanggalan
Is another vampire The PenanggaIan. so the
fable goes, was once a woman Discovered sit
ting in vinegar vat by a curious male. shs
was startled by the query:
What are you doing here?'
What business is it OF yours?' was her quick
and unmistakably feminine reply. But she was
so startled angry that in the excitement
OF the moment she kicked her own chin the
skin about her neck split. and her head. with
stomach attached. hew up to tree. whinnying
it 1ed-
The practice OF medicine is OF course In
In which the spirits play a large part The
observation-disclosures. as he is named-when sum-
moned to a sickbed has unique method OF
diagnosis He resorts TO divinaticn- by means
OF omens taken from the smoke OF the burning
censer or OF the water jar ceremony. This lat
ter consists OF bringing three Jars OF water into
the sick mans room. decorated with fringe OF
pleated cocoanut leaves. called 'centipedeS
feet" fourth Jar contains flowers to charm
the soul OF the invalid In addition. there l.
tray containing all the adjuncts OF Malay
magic OF which incense is an essential part
When all Is ready. the Bomor begins his dag
nosis by planting wax taper the rim OF
each OF the three jars and sprinkling them with
incense. With extreme care he catches the
drst Duff OF smoke In his nostrilS Everything
depends upon its odOr. II II be sweet which Is
hard to believe. 1t shows that the patient VIII
recover. II the odOr Is burned-and II is hard 70
see how IL can be otherwise-the sign Is unfa-
vorable and it win need extended wrestling with
the spirits to effect But II the odor De
actually bad. then there Is nothing to DO but
prepare for the funeral Happily. the Malayan
idea OF q bad odor is far less developed than
that OF the Occidental
But the black art' Is perhaps the most inter
esting phase OF Malay magic When the Malay
wishes to destroy his enemy without the dis
comfort Of actually killing him. although at this
he Is usually ready enough. he takes wax from
deserted comb. moulds IL into an image OF his
foe decorates II with the eyebrows the hair
OF the foe and then slowIs scorches the wax
figure over a lamp for sew .ghts. reciting: 1t
Is not the wax am scorcE11g- II Is the liver,
the heart and the spleen OF - that scOrch.
naming his enemy. OF course. after this there
Is nothing for the victim to do but to die
When one seeks TO torture rather than 90 KIN
his foe, the approved Malay method to make
the wax figure representing not the foe. but his
corpse Then. III he desires that his enemy shall
become blind. he sticks pins In his eyes. and
similarly designates any other portion Of his
anatomy he desires to affict Then he ouries
accomplishment OF his design for which he has
employed every form of Incarnation be knows
IL may be the spirits will not grant the wish. or
that the enemy may get his curse In arst. but
ordinarily. IL one Is careful and observes sll dus
ierrns- he VIII have the pleasure of seeing his
mated zoe blind or crippled within q nrtef period