[918. I. H. N. Evans: Ethnological Miscellanea. 217 



down stream : then he returned to the house whore he was 

 staying, without the Raja km. win;; about it. 



Aftei a time some of the Raja's people came down lo the 

 river and found that the dragon's head was gone; and. when 

 the Raj 1 was informed of this, he 1 ailed Budak Yoid Intoie to 

 his palai eand wished to give his daughter to him in marriage; 

 but Budak Yoid Intoie excused himself, saying that he wished 

 to travel more and see othei < ountries before he married. So 

 Budak Yoid Intoie gave the Raja's daughter to Rah Serpik 

 as wife. 



Now the Raja's daughter was betrothed to Bonsu Jang- 

 kah Benua, 1 the son of anothei Raja, and was to have married 

 him in three months. 



One day Bonsu Jangkah Benua drew his sword, the blade 

 of which was as large : s a banana leaf, and the hilt like the 

 bole of a coconut-tree, and -aid, " Why, the rust on my 

 sword-blade is like a "male" ants'-nest 1 ; perhaps some- 

 one has married mj betrothed." 



Then he cut ready his ship, loaded it with weapons of all 

 kinds, and set sail. 



When the Raja saw Bonsu Jangkah Benua's ship approa- 

 ching he thought to himself. " Perhaps this is my daughter's 

 betrothed." And Budak Yoid Intoie and his four compan- 

 ions were in the palace at the time. 



As soon as the ship came to land Bonsu Jangkah Benua 

 went straight to the Raj i's palace and called from below the 

 steps, •'Whoever has taken my betrothed, come down 1 " 



\\>w when the Raja had heard the music of the gongs 

 and the flutes coming from Bonsu Jangkah Benua's ship, as it 

 approached, and the noise of the cannon being fired, he had 

 run away into an inner room and had hidden his head in a 

 sin 1- -ended drum. 



Budak Void Intoie heard Bonsu Jangkah Benua below 



1 ind he 1 .died to him to 1 ome up into the palace to 



chew betel-nut. acknowledging thai there had been a fault in 



the matter of the princess marrying. But Bonsu Jangkah 



refused to chew betel-nut with him, and said that he 



would cut in two the man who had stolen his betrothed. 



Then Budak Void Intoie took a censer and burnt incense, 

 saying. " Chiloh Ink pedak" eng may s'lak 



come down ancestor sword I size leaf 



bah." 

 rice 



Whereupon the sword camedown from the sky and it was 

 of the size of a rice-leaf. And he ti Id Bonsu fangkah Benua 

 to return to his ship, but he refused. 



■ Youngest-Son-Strides-Over-Counti y (?) 



2 Tall and pointed nests of the termite are called male nests 



