Note 219 — Chapter V · Magic Rites connected with the Several Departments of Nature (continued 2)
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A cat having given birth to kittens the night before the ceremony, I was told by the Pawang that it was a very good sign, and that it was a known rule that if there was nobody else who could bear children at the time, God was wont to substitute a cat (mĕnggantikan kuching). ↑