THE HISTORY OF PERAK FROM NATIVE SOURCES, 
BY 
W. E.- MAXWELL. 
Extract rrom tHe Marong Mahawangsa RELATING TO THE 
FounDING OF A KINGDOM CALLED PERAK. 
“One day Raja Marone Mana Popisar went into his outer 
audience hall, where all his ministers, warriors and officers were 
in attendance, and commanded the four Jantris to equip an ex- 
pedition with all the necessary officers and armed men, and with 
horses and elephants, arms and accoutrements. The four Mantris 
did as they were ordered, and when all was ready they informed 
the Raja. The latter waited for a lucky day and an auspicious 
moment, and then desived his second son to set out. The Prince 
took leave after saluting his father and mother, and all the minis- 
fers, officers and warriors who followed him performed obeisance 
before the Raja. They then set out in search of a place of settle- 
ment, directing their course between South and East intending to 
select a place with good soil and there to build a town with fort‘ 
moat, palace and balez. They amused themselves in every forest, 
wood and thicket through which they passed, crossing numbers of 
hills and mountains, and stopping here and there to hunt wild 
beasts, or to fish if they happened to fall in with a pool or lake. 
“ After they had pursued their quest for some time, they came to 
the tributary of a large river which flowed down to the sea. Fur- 
ther on they came to a large sheet of water, in the midst of which 
were four islands. The Prince was much pleased with the appear- 
ance of the islands, and straightway took a silver arrow and fitted 
it to his bow named Indra Sakti and said: ‘O arrow of the bow 
Indra Sakti, fall thou on good soil in this group of islands ; 
wherever thou mayest chance to fall, there will I make a palace in 
