96 SRI RAMA. 



" Sapalit gila" " sri gegah " 

 " Doa unus " pun ada ter-surat di situ.* 

 To the Malays, the hero of the story is, of course, a Malay, 

 and he naturally wears the national garment — the sarong : — 

 Kain kindang kindu kindang kiani 

 Kain khasa gantapolam 

 Bukan-nia tenun sa'barang tenun 

 Tenun orang yang ber-isang 

 (lanti orang yang ber-paruh 

 Dalam tempayan tengah laut 

 Sahari sudah tukang di-bunoh 

 Tiada siapa turut teladan 

 Bukan-nia pakei raja-raja sakarang ini 

 Pakei raja zaman dahulu sadia lama 

 Di-jemur ber-tambah basah 

 Di-rendam ber-tambah kering 

 Ada koyak sadikit ber-jerumat 

 Usah-kan korang ber-tambah harga 

 Saratus real pem-beli benang 

 Di-titik ambun sa-titik 

 Sa-hasta benang panjang kusut 

 Angin selatan datang menielesei-kan f 



* •' He next took his royal head-kerchief, knotting it so that it 

 stood up with the ends projecting, one of them was called denclam 

 ta' sudah (endless love), it was purposely unfinished, if it were 

 finished the end of the world would come. It had been woven in no 

 ordinary way, but had been the work of his mother from her 

 youth. Wearing it he was provided with all the love-compelling 

 secrets." (The names of a number of charms to excite passion 

 are given, but they cannot be explained in the compass of a note). 



f" A robe of muslin of the finest kind; no ordinary weaving 

 had produced it, it had been woven in a jar in the middle of the 

 ocean by people with gills, relieved by others with beaks; no 

 sooner was it finished than the maker was put to death, to that 

 no one might be able to make one like it. It was not of the fash- 

 ion of the clothing of the rajas of the present day, but of those 

 of olden time. If it were put in the sun it got damper, if it were 

 soaked in water it became drier. A slight tear, mended by darn- 

 ing, only increased its value, instead of lessening it, for the thread 

 for the purpose cost one hundred dollars. A single dew-drop drop- 

 ping on it would tangle the thread for a cubit's length, while the 

 breath of the south wind would disentangle it." 



