S4 A BISCOURSE, &C. 



Orcsng Dayak, 'm those parts of the coqntrj ad-^ 

 jacetit to settlements wliich thej have formed on 

 the bank» of the many Rivers. with which the 

 ïslaiid is watered. These extend some distance 

 iiiland, but the Mahomedan infiiieiice has not 

 spread far into the iaterior. Indeed, the mis$ 

 ©f the popolation which maj have sobmitled to 

 the Moslem Chiefa^ still remain uncoaverted to 



*^^ was a Hindu, had a secret object io proceeding to Bai^jer Mastn, 

 " and at length discovered that objVct to he the rccv» ery of property 

 " belongiag to his ancestors^ >fhich appeared to Tie buriei in the 

 " earth at a place called Miratnpiaü. Stimulated by the e:ipiie<a'iou 

 *'' of gain, he dissuaded the Hinda from imavediafely pro^^ciiting liis 

 *' object^ and b&ut his own course directly to thQ spot, where, after 

 " digging toa oonsiderable depth he discovered several coiupartmeuts 

 *' inclosed by walls, io one of which he Toimd the Tortoise with» 

 •^pot of gold-dust on the back." ïnteingence bein-g immediately 

 carried to the Sultan, his further researches were prevented, in con- 

 Söquence of the spot being seized as a droit of royalty, after which 

 no further iisvestigatioa appears to have taken place. The Co^r is 

 s'iid to be never seen anaongthe emblems of lïindti or Vedaatic My- 

 thology ; but the Ox freqüently. The Elephant is introduced raerely 

 a? an oniament, exccjH when repeated in certaia s^tories with other 

 figures of the Drama. The Elephant exhibitedon the Soal Ringmay 

 have some allu^ioa to the Calinga or Telinga state, the chief of which 

 "^yas denomlnated the Gaja Putly or Lord of Elephants. In 11 ke man- 

 ier as the Chief or King of the Camatic was denominate<l Nara 

 Putiy or Lord of Men., but the Seal of Camatic was a TVild ITog.-— 

 Pillars and remains of buildings, evidently traces of a more enlighten- 

 ed popnlation at a rcmote period, have been noticed a considcrable 

 way up the river ; but until that part of the country is visitcd by 

 Europcans, it would be premature to offer any observation ou thcir 

 origin and desiga. 



