. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . uiy, the flying demonof the ;\Ialays; the Pontianak, the blood- sleeping-mat throughout the day, but asucking bird which is able to change its large number of articles of common con-shape at will to that of other animals, and sumption are laid under ban, and even inwhich, as an old writer states, is more her speech the victim could scarcely ever bedreaded than the tyger ; or, ghasthest of sufficiently circumspect, for the uttering ofall, the nocturnal onslaught of the Ptnang- a single word of r
. Women of all nations, a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence; . uiy, the flying demonof the ;\Ialays; the Pontianak, the blood- sleeping-mat throughout the day, but asucking bird which is able to change its large number of articles of common con-shape at will to that of other animals, and sumption are laid under ban, and even inwhich, as an old writer states, is more her speech the victim could scarcely ever bedreaded than the tyger ; or, ghasthest of sufficiently circumspect, for the uttering ofall, the nocturnal onslaught of the Ptnang- a single word of reproach against any li\-inggalan, the flying trunkless head, with its creature—an exceedingly difficult thing fortrailing blood-boltered sac, all of which anyone so sorely tried to avoid—was boundare believed to sup by night on new-born to be followed (she would be told) by fright-infants blood. ful and portentous consequences. EvenAs if these ghastly accompaniments of her husband may not cut his hair or sitchild-birth, not to mention others, were not in his doorway (the latter a favourite25. RESPECTABLE MARRIEDWOMAN OF KELANTAN. Wearing a sarong oF Kelanlan pal-tern, surmounted by the typicalbroad sash (kMn lepas), girtabout the breasts. she is made to lie day andnight, throughout the entireperiod of her confinement; in-deed, the \-ery wood requiredfor the fire of this roasting-jilace often takes severalweeks work to get remarkable institutionwas the invention of thei^oEidan, or professionalwise-woman, and its resulthas been known in somecases to produce mentalaberration lasting for somemonths afterwards, andmust, in cases of any diffi-culty, have been frequentlyfatal. Even apart from this,both the person of the pa-tient and that of her hus-band were encompassed byan extraordinary body ofpetty restrictions and pro-hibitions, which it must cer-tainly be exceedingly tryingto have to observe under thesevere conditions just de-scribed. Not only is sheabsolutely p
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