470 History of the Shwe Bagon Pagoda at Rangoon. [No. 5. 



sors the former Boodhas, had left in Pegu a bathing garment, a 

 water dipper and a staff, hid in the Thein-goot-ta-ya Mount, under 

 a wood-oil tree. Then giving four of the hairs of his head to each 

 of the brothers, one of them he named Ta-poo-sa and the other 

 Pha-le-ka, and charged them to deposit those hairs with the relics 

 of the former Boodhas. 



The two brothers then set out on their return, joined their ship 

 at Ban-da-wa and sailed towards their own country. On the way 

 they enter a port called D-ze-ta or E-za-ta, # the King of which ap- 

 propriates two of the hairs. They proceed on and cast anchor at 

 Cape Negrais,t the Naga or Dragon of which, also demands two of 

 the hairs. These are reluctantly yielded ; after which, the brothers 

 continue their voyage, and reach Oo-ka-la-ba in seven days. The 

 eight hairs bestowed by Gautama are then found complete in the 

 golden casket, in which they had from the first been deposited by 

 the brothers. 



The father and mother of the young men rejoiced exceedingly, 

 saying, " Our children have indeed returned with heavenly trea- 

 sure," and represented all that had occurred to the king of Oo-ka- 

 la-ba. 



The King with his Queen and nobles with the merchant, his wife 

 and children proceeded to where the ship was, and received the 

 relics with due honour. But no one could point out where Mount 

 Thein-goot-taya was situated. At length the Guardian Nat of the 

 Earth appears, and with his assistance the Mount is discovered, 

 and the tree under which the former relics were deposited, was 

 felled. 



" Then the tree, (so proceeds the legend), as the three divisions 

 of the Mount were not equal in height, remained poised horizon- 

 tally on its centre on the highest peak ; its top touched not the 



* These names cannot be recognized. 



f The word Negrais has been adopted into European Geography through the 

 old Portuguese voyager3. It no doubt is a corruption of the Burmese word 

 " Naga-nheet" or " Naga-rect," as by the Burmese tradition the Naga, or Sea 

 Dragon, there lies in wait to sink the ships of those unbelieving voyagers who 

 pay him no respect. 



