] 12 SRI RAMA. 



lie restored her to Sri Rama. * Maharaja Duwana warned 

 him, however, that he would be at Tanjong Bunga seven days- 

 after him and the combat between them would be renewed 

 there. 



The return to Tanjong Bunga was accomplished amid 

 general rejoicings, but Maharaja Duwana kept his word and 

 attacked that kingdom seven days afterwards. The hostilities 

 that ensued are graphically described. Blood flowed like 

 water and as for slaughter — sagala bangkei pun ber-kapar-an- 

 saperti anak katei, dan sagala yang besar ber-tunggur-an saperti 

 ba/ang handak hilir ( u the corpses fell like blades of grass in 

 number and the bodies of huge beasts (elephants and horses 

 used in war) lay here and there like logs of timber ready to be 

 floated down a river ") . The glancing of the weapons, the shouts 

 of the brave and the shrieks of the timid all come infor a 

 share of the description. When the rival armies drew on> 

 Maharaja Duwana found, that out of seven thousand men, he 

 had but seven hundred left. Recourse to magic only con- 

 vinced him of the certainty of failure. However, by a well- 

 directed shot from a wall-piece ( istinggarda ) f he brought 

 down Raja Laksamana, who was, however, immediately cured 

 by a potent remedy which Era Kechil fetched from Mount 

 Inggil-ber-inggil. J After this Maharaja Duwana hauled down 

 his flags in token of defeat and humbled himself to the vic- 

 torious monkey, who at the request of his defeated antagonist 

 restored all the killed to life. Maharaja Duwana then return- 

 ed to his own kingdom. § 



* In the Ramayana, Hanuman goes back alone after discovering 

 Sita and burning Lanka. The seize of Lanka by Rama follows 

 and Sita is eventually delivered by Rama himself. 



f I have not thought it worth while to remark the constant 

 introduction of fire-arms in the narrative, and other incidents of 

 a more or less modern character, which rather militate against 

 our ideas of fitness in art. 



% In the Ramayana, both Rama and Laksamana are killed in the 

 fight with Ravana, but are both restored to life by a peculiar 

 herb which Hanuman fetches from Mount Kailasa. 



§ The siege of Lanka properly ends with the capture of the 

 town by Rama, the decapitation of Ravana, and the recovery of Sita. 



