Note 312 — Chapter V · Magic Rites connected with the Several Departments of Nature (continued 2)

The origin of the Eel (ikan b’lut) is derived from a stem of the g’li-g’li plant; the “white-fish” (ikan puteh) from splinters, or rather shavings of wood (tatal kayu or tarahan kayu); the sĕnunggang fish from the long-tailed monkey (k’ra); the aruan fish from a frog (katak) or lizard (mĕngkarong); the bujok fish from charred fire-logs (puntong api); the telan fish from the creeping roots of the yam (sulur k’ladi); and so on. There is even the leaf of a certain tree which is sometimes said to turn into a fish (the ikan bĕlidah),312 while the following story is held to account for the origin of the Porpoise:—