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obscured the sun and the plain itself became a lake. The 

 next place tried was Mount Inggil-ber-inggil. On the sum- 

 mit of this mountain the monkey found a walled fort guarded 

 by a young Jin, who told him that this was the residence of 

 a Jin with seven heads, who was living there in voluntary 

 seclusion (tapa). The monkey obtained an interview with 

 the latter, and explained the object of his visit to the mountain. 

 He went on to the peak, but it shook so violently that huge 

 rocks went rolling down and the Jin with seven heads called 

 him back and he had to give up the attempt. But in his 

 excitement he gave the mountain a blow with one hand and 

 a great portion of it was detached and fell near the mouth of 

 the Malacca river ! * He and the Jin with seven heads then 

 entered into a compact of mutual friendship and brotherhood, 

 the latter giving him a magic ring which would obtain for 

 him anything that he wished at any time, and he, on his part, 

 giving to the Jin a lump of frank-incense which on being 

 burned would procure the attendance of any number of mon- 

 key-warriors. The Jin explained that his retirement was 

 owing to his rejection by Raja Shah Kobad as a suitor for 

 the hand of the latter's daughter. 



After this adventure, the monkey returned to Sri Rama 

 and made a fresh attempt to leap across to Pulau Kachapuri, this 

 time from the plain Anta-ber-anta. But this too failed him 

 in the same manner as Padang Kerushik had before. Then 

 Sri Rama invited him to mount on his shoulders and thence 

 make his jump. The monkey climbed up at once, and. to see 

 if his father could bear him, braced up his muscles as if to 

 leap. Maka di-gegar-nia, maka sa-kira-kira tengah ba/iagi 

 gcigah maka he r rasa-Iah urat sa-ribu sa-ratus sambilan puloh 

 sambilan dan saga/a tulang sendi, maka mata-nia pun merah 

 saperti saga di-rtndang {dan rvma-nia) saperti durinangka dan 

 ber-ltbavg-Iobang saperti pantat ka1e[>ong. (" He clutched Sri 

 Rama and, putting forth only half of his strength, brought 



*Many notable rocks in India are supposed to be boulders 

 which the monkey-hosts of Hasuman dropped while carrying them 

 from the Himalavas to build a bridge from the mainland to Lanka. 



