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beautiful daughter. Pressed to give the information required, 

 the two Princesses admitted that they did remember having 

 heard a rumour, " borne by the passing wind, or by the running 

 water or by the bird in its flight " (di-bawa angin lalu dan di- 

 bawa ayer hilir dan di-bawa burong terbang) , that there exist- 

 ed two countries one called Gedong Batu ruled by BANDA- 

 HARA MANGKU Bumi who had a beautiful daughter named 

 Princess GANDA Iran, and the other called Beram Biru where 

 RAJA PiAKAS reigned with hisbeautifulsisterTELEPOKCHAHYA. 

 The two ladies also related how it was currently reported that 

 Princess GANDA Iran was already betrothed to Raja PiAKAS 

 and they described Gedong Batu as only to be reached af- 

 ter a three months' voyage. 



Raja DONAN then went to the forward part of his vessel 

 and stood in the attitude of one in mystic contemplation 

 (ber~tiang tunggal dan ber-kajang megun) and prayed again 

 to the Dewatas for a wind to take her quickly to the port of 

 Gedong Batu. No sooner was his supplication uttered than 

 the wished for breeze sprung up and sailing at a miraculous 

 speed before it the Bunga Rampei reached the mouth of a 

 large river in seven days. This the two Princesses pronounced 

 to be the port of the country of Beram Biru. Again they set 

 sail and duly arrived at the mouth of the river of Gedong 

 Batu where they anchored about evening (hari merimbang 

 peta?ig) . Here Raja DONAN performed a ceremonial ablution 

 for which the Princesses presented him with limes and rice- 

 powder in a golden basin (limau ber-ukup dan bedak ber- 

 satanggi) . Then he bathed in the sea alongside standing on 

 a skate (ikan raya) and holding on to a shark (ikan hiyu 

 bengkong) which darted about here and there taking him 

 with them, until his sisters were seriously alarmed and called 

 him back. Then he came on board and changed his wet 

 clothes for a rich suit and sat down and talked to the two 

 Princesses till late at night. From them he learned that the 

 palace of Raja Bandahara Mangku Bumi was seven days' 

 journey up the river. Next morning about 7 or 8 o'clock 

 when thesun was just gettinghotandfilling the land with its rays 

 (matahari sedang memechah panas memenoh-i padangj RAJA 

 DONAN had mats and carpets spread for one of his magic 



