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tions. This she crowned with flowers which she arranged 

 in a bouquet in the shape of a cap and she tied up the whole 

 in a silk cloth embroidered with gold (telepuk layu), which 

 she knotted in the most elaborate way (ber-tanggam dengan 

 simpul bukii bemban dua-belas lapis) . 



The next thing was to find a messenger. The Princess 

 went down into the garden and pulling a white cloth over her 

 head became entranced so that her vision could pierce the 

 earth and clouds and could reach to all quarters of the compass 



maka di-antara awan yang puteh mengandong mega 



yang biru ber-bakat kuning 



angkasa di langit sayup-sayup bahasa 



kadengaran tagar di laut 



ber-srz muram chahya udara 



ber-bunyi guroh menyarak kakasih 



'a ia m a t raja ya ng b esa r mena nggo ng ka - du ka-an* 

 Then the Princess became aware of a bird circling over- 

 head and quickly throwing off her hood she waved it seven 

 times, whereupon a large kite swooped down and settled on 

 the ground before the Princess, to whom she proceeded to 

 make obeisance "she spread out her left wing and bent 

 her right leg and bowed her beak to the ground like one 

 bowing before a Raja"" (ber-kibar kepak yang kiri, ter-petok 

 kaki yang kanan ter-tnngkiim paruh ka-tanah sa-laku orang 

 menjunjong dull) . Then the kite asked what she was wanted 

 for. 



" O mother kite," said the Princess, " I want you to go this 

 very day and take this bundle to the youth who is in the ves- 

 sel lying at anchor at the mouth of our river. If you are 

 hungry go and eat one of the hens which is feeding in the 

 court-yard of my parents.'' So the kite went away and ate 

 up a hen and thus refreshed returned to the Princess and took 

 up the bundle in her talons and soared aloft with it. After 

 flying for seven days and nights the kite found herself over 



* Beyond the white clouds was the blue sky streaked with yellow rays ; the 

 colouring of the heavens glowed and faded and the roar of the sea was heard in 

 the distance. Then a dark shade came over the face of the firmament, low 

 thunder rolled, mourning the parting of lovers — signs, all these, that a Prince 

 or Princess is in distress. 



