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erful Raja called Petukal had asked for her in marriage, and 

 how her brother CHAMAR Laut, not liking the match, had car- 

 ried her off to sea. Raja Petukal had pursued them, but 

 had run his ship aground at a place called Lnbok Goa Batu, 

 and had been delayed there for three months. He was even 

 now pursuing them, and the Princess therefore advised that 

 they should run along the coast keeping near the shore where 

 large vessels would not venture, instead of sailing on the high 

 seas. 



Raja DONAN pondered over his sister's story, she was evi- 

 dently genuinely alarmed, and he was very sorry for her, so 

 one day he went up to the look-out place (tinjar-an karang) 

 and prayed to the Dewatas to send him a breeze — 

 Angin yang bcr-gambar orang 

 Yang men-chabut chekor di-Jialaman 

 Dan men-chabnt malei-malei di-lumpur 

 Dan me-rebah kerbau di-padang 

 Dan menyapn nyior dara di-halaman balei 

 Ber-gerencliit karang di-laut 

 u a gale so strong as to be visible in a form resembling hu- 

 man shape ; one that would tear the chekor root from the 

 ground and the malei-malei plant from the mud, which would 

 lay prostrate the cattle feeding in the fields and sweep away 

 the young cocoa-nut trees growing in the court-yard/' 

 — a breeze which would drive the Bnnga Rampei straight to 

 the bay of Goa Batu and thus bring him face to face with 

 Raja Petukal. 



For seven days and seven nights did they scud before the 

 breeze which sprang up, and one day, about noon, something 

 was observable right ahead. As they approached, it was made 

 out to be a fleet of ninety-nine sail. Then Raja DONAN 

 called the Princess and told her to rouse up the BANDAHARA 

 and make him let go the anchor. This was done (the anchor 

 weighed three bharas and the cable was five fathoms long) 

 and then Raja DONAN pointed out to the Princess the fleet 

 right ahead of them, and of course she was terribly frightened. 

 RAJA Petukal, on board his ship, looking out, became 

 aware of a vessel anchored ahead of him, and he called some 

 of his officers — Panglima Etam, Panglima Puteh, Panglima 



