1918.] t. II. X. Evans: Ethnological Miscellanea. 219 



Now after the last of his three followers Lingkong 

 Benua) had been married, Budak Yoid Intoie planted a shrub, 

 bearing a single blossom, in the open space in front of each of 

 their houses, just as he had done in trout of his father's house 

 before he set out on his journey; and, telling them that he 

 wished to travel again, explained how, it he died, the flowers 

 would wither. 



Then he set out t wards the open sea, and at last he came 

 to a city called Bandar Benua, which lay close to the shori : 

 but he found no people dwelling there : not even any animals. 



At length he came to the Raja's pala( e and. going up into 

 it lie called aloud three times, but nobodj an wi n d him. 



So he searched the house and at last he came a< 1 

 single-ended drum, and, on his sitting down to beat it. heard 

 someone calling from inside it. Then the person in the drum 

 came out, and he found that it was a beautiful princess: and 

 she told him how the country had been laid waste by an 

 enormous twice seven-headed Roc 1 which came every evening 

 from the Pauh fanggi, 2 that grew on the shore near the 

 palace. 



Then the princess gave him food, but towards evening she 

 hid herself in the drum again, and Budak Void Intoie went 

 out on to a platform in front of the palace and burn! incense. 

 calling to his ancestor to let down his sword from the -4.\ . [01 

 it had vanished after each of the fights with the three Rajas' 

 sons. Upon this the sword came down to him, and it was not 

 long before the Roc came and pen bed on the Pauh fanggi; 

 and every head croaked, " Law ! Laur ! Laur ! " 



Then Budak Void Intoie cut off the- heads of the Roc, till 

 only one remained, and when he cut off this as well, the Roc 

 fell forward, dead, pinning him under one of its wings. 



Now at about this time Budak Void Intoie's followers 

 observed that the flowers on the shrubs that he had planted, 

 had withered. So they set out to search for him. and at last 

 they came to Bandar Benua, and there they met the princess, 

 who told them how Budak Void Intoie had been pinned 

 beneath the Roc for seven days and seven nights. Then they 

 cut away the Roc's body and released him. 



So Budak Yoid Intoie married the princess and lived at 

 Bandar Benua, but his companions returned to their homes. 



Notes on Mai.a\ Bi 1 n 1 vnd Customs (II). 



If you goto bed with a grain .if rice sticking to youi 

 clothes or your body, you will dream that a tiger is hunting 

 you. (From a Malax of Kamp mg Linggi, Negri Sembilan). 



1 The Sakai name for this bird is Pangei : the Malay nam 



2 The Pauh fanggi ,< tree believed b; the Mala 

 bank m the centre of the ocean (Wilkinsoi 



