Note 75 — Chapter V · Magic Rites connected with the Several Departments of Nature
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“Now slip your ball of earth into your waistband just over the navel, and destroy the scent of your body and your gun. To do this, take a bunch of certain leaves75 (daun sa-chĕrek), together with stem-leaves of the betel-vine (kĕrapak sirih), leaves of the wild camphor (chapa), and leaves of the club-gourd (labu ayer puteh), break their midribs with your left hand, shut your eyes, and say ‘As these tree leaves smell, so may my body (and gun) be scented.’