IIo Journal of the F.M.S. Museums. [Vow. IX, 1920.] 
Sa-gtdang hamba hingga mérdtheka. 
Sa-gédang mérdtheka hingga penghulu. 
a slave can become a freedman; a freedman can 
become a chief.” In Tanah Datar this creation was unkno 
nor have I met any trace of it in the Negri Sembilan. 
di-pélegarkan gtlar — itu nan a dan bésar bérlingkong aur tiada-lah 
oviee ae he, gélay piésaka itu lesan nan lain, mélainkan turun- 
tmurun juga ka-pada kamanakan-nya dan ka-pada feet tN inl These 
descriptions ee unknown in N. Sembitacs: 
bia tee See 
